diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 6a7fcab7ecb3..cc9b56691bef 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int have_error, status;
+	int have_error, do_resend, status;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: fsync file(%s/%s) datasync %d\n",
@@ -267,15 +267,23 @@ nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 			datasync);
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFSYNC);
+	do_resend = test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &ctx->flags);
 	have_error = test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
 	status = nfs_commit_inode(inode, FLUSH_SYNC);
-	if (status >= 0 && ret < 0)
-		status = ret;
 	have_error |= test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
-	if (have_error)
+	if (have_error) {
 		ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
-	if (!ret && status < 0)
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	if (status < 0) {
 		ret = status;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	do_resend |= test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &ctx->flags);
+	if (do_resend)
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+out:
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_fsync_commit);
@@ -286,13 +294,15 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	int ret;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
-	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		goto out;
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out:
+	do {
+		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			break;
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index eb5eb8eef4d3..eef1b38a1b08 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -95,16 +95,18 @@ nfs4_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	int ret;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
-	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		goto out;
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
-	if (!ret && !datasync)
-		/* application has asked for meta-data sync */
-		ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out:
+	do {
+		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			break;
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
+		if (!ret && !datasync)
+			/* application has asked for meta-data sync */
+			ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e1b5fe4d873a..9347ab7c9574 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 		/* We have a mismatch. Write the page again */
 		dprintk(" mismatch\n");
 		nfs_mark_request_dirty(req);
+		set_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &req->wb_context->flags);
 	next:
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 869eac0c2635..383f3313f053 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct nfs_open_context {
 
 	unsigned long flags;
 #define NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE		(0)
+#define NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES	(1)
 	int error;
 
 	struct list_head list;