diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index e95fe4f8d11a69eccba7efb818d02f4f0af64288..e8504b65176c47a0f86eb3f439791dfd1562f0a2 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2248,7 +2248,6 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int is_mapped_to_disk = 1;
-	int dirtied_it = 0;
 
 	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
 		return 0;
@@ -2285,14 +2284,10 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 			continue;
 		if (buffer_new(&map_bh) || !buffer_mapped(&map_bh)) {
 			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-			if (block_start < from) {
+			if (block_start < from)
 				memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, from-block_start);
-				dirtied_it = 1;
-			}
-			if (block_end > to) {
+			if (block_end > to)
 				memset(kaddr + to, 0, block_end - to);
-				dirtied_it = 1;
-			}
 			flush_dcache_page(page);
 			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
 			continue;
@@ -2347,17 +2342,6 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
 
 	if (is_mapped_to_disk)
 		SetPageMappedToDisk(page);
-	SetPageUptodate(page);
-
-	/*
-	 * Setting the page dirty here isn't necessary for the prepare_write
-	 * function - commit_write will do that.  But if/when this function is
-	 * used within the pagefault handler to ensure that all mmapped pages
-	 * have backing space in the filesystem, we will need to dirty the page
-	 * if its contents were altered.
-	 */
-	if (dirtied_it)
-		set_page_dirty(page);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -2387,6 +2371,7 @@ int nobh_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	loff_t pos = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
 
+	SetPageUptodate(page);
 	set_page_dirty(page);
 	if (pos > inode->i_size) {
 		i_size_write(inode, pos);