diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4d6d35dd2b4babc5f252e87e5d17e712de8f3738..605e292501f493cbf921c8ee0a4b22caf863572c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1431,15 +1431,17 @@ static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_contr
 	int flags = FLUSH_SYNC;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	/* Don't commit yet if this is a non-blocking flush and there are
-	 * lots of outstanding writes for this mapping.
-	 */
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
-	    nfsi->ncommit <= (nfsi->npages >> 1))
-		goto out_mark_dirty;
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+		/* Don't commit yet if this is a non-blocking flush and there
+		 * are a lot of outstanding writes for this mapping.
+		 */
+		if (nfsi->ncommit <= (nfsi->npages >> 1))
+			goto out_mark_dirty;
 
-	if (wbc->nonblocking || wbc->for_background)
+		/* don't wait for the COMMIT response */
 		flags = 0;
+	}
+
 	ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, flags);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {