diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 3d7d9631e1254f7ad898863e66519740af1e34e9..5a70be589bbe2025eee4c6fc64aaba1c0b5958c3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -533,7 +533,10 @@ readpage_async_filler(void *data, struct page *page)
 
 	if (len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		zero_user_segment(page, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-	nfs_pageio_add_request(desc->pgio, new);
+	if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(desc->pgio, new)) {
+		error = desc->pgio->pg_error;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	return 0;
 out_error:
 	error = PTR_ERR(new);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 80c61fdb2720c4b05f86ff7c590cd0af566e2b8d..bed63416a55b3c51ab539666c4f3f5f5ca8321b0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static struct nfs_page * nfs_update_request(struct nfs_open_context*,
 					    unsigned int, unsigned int);
 static void nfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 				  struct inode *inode, int ioflags);
+static void nfs_redirty_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_write_partial_ops;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_write_full_ops;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_commit_ops;
@@ -288,7 +289,12 @@ static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 		BUG();
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	nfs_pageio_add_request(pgio, req);
+	if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(pgio, req)) {
+		nfs_redirty_request(req);
+		nfs_end_page_writeback(page);
+		nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(req);
+		return pgio->pg_error;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }