diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 70d3e631266e..b658b6baf72f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ static int fuse_dentry_init(struct dentry *dentry)
 	fd->dentry = dentry;
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&fd->node);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = fd;
+	/*
+	 * Initialising d_time (epoch) to '0' ensures the dentry is invalid
+	 * if compared to fc->epoch, which is initialized to '1'.
+	 */
+	dentry->d_time = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }