diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8dacf3f..742725f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.47)
+AC_INIT(s3fs, 1.48)
 
 
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index ba83bf6..6864c56 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -3041,8 +3041,8 @@ static int s3fs_release(const char *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
     YIKES(-errno);
   }
 
-  // FIXME: is this required?
-  delete_stat_cache_entry(path);
+  if((fi->flags & O_RDWR) || (fi->flags & O_WRONLY))
+    delete_stat_cache_entry(path);
 
   return 0;
 }