diff --git a/kmod/src/inode.c b/kmod/src/inode.c
index 42761a3f..e0e11e59 100644
--- a/kmod/src/inode.c
+++ b/kmod/src/inode.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static void scoutfs_inode_ctor(void *obj)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&si->data_waitq.waitq);
 	init_rwsem(&si->xattr_rwsem);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&si->writeback_node);
+	scoutfs_lock_init_coverage(&si->ino_lock_cov);
 
 	inode_init_once(&si->inode);
 }
@@ -141,12 +142,15 @@ static void remove_writeback_inode(struct inode_sb_info *inf,
 
 void scoutfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct scoutfs_inode_info *si = SCOUTFS_I(inode);
 	DECLARE_INODE_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb, inf);
 
 	spin_lock(&inf->writeback_lock);
 	remove_writeback_inode(inf, SCOUTFS_I(inode));
 	spin_unlock(&inf->writeback_lock);
 
+	scoutfs_lock_del_coverage(inode->i_sb, &si->ino_lock_cov);
+
 	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, scoutfs_i_callback);
 }
 
@@ -307,6 +311,7 @@ int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			load_inode(inode, &sinode);
 			atomic64_set(&si->last_refreshed, refresh_gen);
+			scoutfs_lock_add_coverage(sb, lock, &si->ino_lock_cov);
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = 0;
@@ -1384,6 +1389,7 @@ struct inode *scoutfs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *dir,
 	si->next_xattr_id = 0;
 	si->have_item = false;
 	atomic64_set(&si->last_refreshed, lock->refresh_gen);
+	scoutfs_lock_add_coverage(sb, lock, &si->ino_lock_cov);
 	si->flags = 0;
 
 	scoutfs_inode_set_meta_seq(inode);
diff --git a/kmod/src/inode.h b/kmod/src/inode.h
index ad517752..60213d73 100644
--- a/kmod/src/inode.h
+++ b/kmod/src/inode.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ struct scoutfs_inode_info {
 	struct rw_semaphore xattr_rwsem;
 	struct rb_node writeback_node;
 
+	struct scoutfs_lock_coverage ino_lock_cov;
+
 	struct inode inode;
 };
 
diff --git a/kmod/src/lock.c b/kmod/src/lock.c
index 10d95507..7bddb762 100644
--- a/kmod/src/lock.c
+++ b/kmod/src/lock.c
@@ -127,15 +127,19 @@ static bool lock_modes_match(int granted, int requested)
  */
 static void invalidate_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 {
+	struct scoutfs_inode_info *si;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = scoutfs_ilookup(sb, ino);
 	if (inode) {
+		si = SCOUTFS_I(inode);
+
 		scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, lock_invalidate_inode);
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			truncate_inode_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 			scoutfs_data_wait_changed(inode);
 		}
+
 		iput(inode);
 	}
 }
@@ -172,6 +176,16 @@ static int lock_invalidate(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
 	/* have to invalidate if we're not in the only usable case */
 	if (!(prev == SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE && mode == SCOUTFS_LOCK_READ)) {
 retry:
+		/* invalidate inodes before removing coverage */
+		if (lock->start.sk_zone == SCOUTFS_FS_ZONE) {
+			ino = le64_to_cpu(lock->start.ski_ino);
+			last = le64_to_cpu(lock->end.ski_ino);
+			while (ino <= last) {
+				invalidate_inode(sb, ino);
+				ino++;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* remove cov items to tell users that their cache is stale */
 		spin_lock(&lock->cov_list_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(cov, tmp, &lock->cov_list, head) {
@@ -187,15 +201,6 @@ retry:
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&lock->cov_list_lock);
 
-		if (lock->start.sk_zone == SCOUTFS_FS_ZONE) {
-			ino = le64_to_cpu(lock->start.ski_ino);
-			last = le64_to_cpu(lock->end.ski_ino);
-			while (ino <= last) {
-				invalidate_inode(sb, ino);
-				ino++;
-			}
-		}
-
 		scoutfs_item_invalidate(sb, &lock->start, &lock->end);
 	}