diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 2d141a74ae82ec722d1efb799de168824b593722..eb51bd6201da0cd361d8265b4c6b0e3edee50ec9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 	have_error |= test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
 	if (have_error)
 		ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret && status < 0)
 		ret = status;
 	return ret;
 }