diff --git a/src/client/dfuse/dfuse.h b/src/client/dfuse/dfuse.h
index ddae9ee0884..7458b5dfddb 100644
--- a/src/client/dfuse/dfuse.h
+++ b/src/client/dfuse/dfuse.h
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ struct fuse_lowlevel_ops dfuse_ops;
 	do {                                                                                       \
 		int    __rc;                                                                       \
 		double timeout = 0;                                                                \
-		if (atomic_load_relaxed(&(ie)->ie_open_count) == 0) {                              \
+		if (atomic_load_relaxed(&(ie)->ie_il_count) == 0) {                                \
 			timeout = (ie)->ie_dfs->dfc_attr_timeout;                                  \
 			dfuse_mcache_set_time(ie);                                                 \
 		}                                                                                  \