diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 6cd33bd5da87c355c47ade6823e2c2683941e1b2..09ee36dd84262971296138b9945dc843b5926645 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -1997,6 +1997,7 @@ int nfs3_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 	struct nfs_entry old = *entry;
 	__be32 *p;
 	int error;
+	u64 new_cookie;
 
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4);
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
@@ -2019,8 +2020,7 @@ int nfs3_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		return error;
 
-	entry->prev_cookie = entry->cookie;
-	error = decode_cookie3(xdr, &entry->cookie);
+	error = decode_cookie3(xdr, &new_cookie);
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		return error;
 
@@ -2054,6 +2054,9 @@ int nfs3_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 			zero_nfs_fh3(entry->fh);
 	}
 
+	entry->prev_cookie = entry->cookie;
+	entry->cookie = new_cookie;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_overflow:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 51264f5d9d2a072a2c697a94b1f469ee3c75b657..aa550fb08d2af3f9f84f7dc4ac9196a753fb8d39 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -7518,6 +7518,7 @@ int nfs4_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 	unsigned int savep;
 	uint32_t bitmap[3] = {0};
 	uint32_t len;
+	uint64_t new_cookie;
 	__be32 *p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4);
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		goto out_overflow;
@@ -7534,8 +7535,7 @@ int nfs4_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 12);
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		goto out_overflow;
-	entry->prev_cookie = entry->cookie;
-	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &entry->cookie);
+	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &new_cookie);
 	entry->len = be32_to_cpup(p);
 
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, entry->len);
@@ -7569,6 +7569,9 @@ int nfs4_decode_dirent(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_entry *entry,
 	if (entry->fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_TYPE)
 		entry->d_type = nfs_umode_to_dtype(entry->fattr->mode);
 
+	entry->prev_cookie = entry->cookie;
+	entry->cookie = new_cookie;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_overflow: