diff --git a/fs/nfs/fscache.c b/fs/nfs/fscache.c
index d0c629f97789..7d6721ec31d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/fscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/fscache.c
@@ -227,6 +227,19 @@ void nfs_fscache_release_super_cookie(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
+static void nfs_fscache_update_auxdata(struct nfs_fscache_inode_auxdata *auxdata,
+				  struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+	memset(auxdata, 0, sizeof(*auxdata));
+	auxdata->mtime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_sec;
+	auxdata->mtime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_nsec;
+	auxdata->ctime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_sec;
+	auxdata->ctime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+
+	if (NFS_SERVER(&nfsi->vfs_inode)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version == 4)
+		auxdata->change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(&nfsi->vfs_inode);
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialise the per-inode cache cookie pointer for an NFS inode.
  */
@@ -240,14 +253,7 @@ void nfs_fscache_init_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!(nfss->fscache && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)))
 		return;
 
-	memset(&auxdata, 0, sizeof(auxdata));
-	auxdata.mtime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.mtime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_nsec;
-	auxdata.ctime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.ctime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_nsec;
-
-	if (NFS_SERVER(&nfsi->vfs_inode)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version == 4)
-		auxdata.change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(&nfsi->vfs_inode);
+	nfs_fscache_update_auxdata(&auxdata, nfsi);
 
 	nfsi->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(NFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->fscache,
 					       &nfs_fscache_inode_object_def,
@@ -267,11 +273,7 @@ void nfs_fscache_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	dfprintk(FSCACHE, "NFS: clear cookie (0x%p/0x%p)\n", nfsi, cookie);
 
-	memset(&auxdata, 0, sizeof(auxdata));
-	auxdata.mtime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.mtime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_nsec;
-	auxdata.ctime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.ctime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+	nfs_fscache_update_auxdata(&auxdata, nfsi);
 	fscache_relinquish_cookie(cookie, &auxdata, false);
 	nfsi->fscache = NULL;
 }
@@ -311,11 +313,7 @@ void nfs_fscache_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (!fscache_cookie_valid(cookie))
 		return;
 
-	memset(&auxdata, 0, sizeof(auxdata));
-	auxdata.mtime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.mtime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_mtime.tv_nsec;
-	auxdata.ctime_sec  = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_sec;
-	auxdata.ctime_nsec = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+	nfs_fscache_update_auxdata(&auxdata, nfsi);
 
 	if (inode_is_open_for_write(inode)) {
 		dfprintk(FSCACHE, "NFS: nfsi 0x%p disabling cache\n", nfsi);