diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 6cdf94459ac4b8fbbc77535c59b27f28f7d626e9..e253102b43cd37b9dcad4b1c1c9724ac12e29f1a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -670,8 +670,12 @@ static void writepages_finish(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
 	bool remove_page;
 
 	dout("writepages_finish %p rc %d\n", inode, rc);
-	if (rc < 0)
+	if (rc < 0) {
 		mapping_set_error(mapping, rc);
+		ceph_set_error_write(ci);
+	} else {
+		ceph_clear_error_write(ci);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We lost the cache cap, need to truncate the page before
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 134c978141d006503a10b306780012ac40cb3f68..39866d6a34b6515d494696ce7e9457370ec9fdda 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1089,19 +1089,22 @@ ceph_sync_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from, loff_t pos,
 
 out:
 		ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			pos += len;
-			written += len;
-
-			if (pos > i_size_read(inode)) {
-				check_caps = ceph_inode_set_size(inode, pos);
-				if (check_caps)
-					ceph_check_caps(ceph_inode(inode),
-							CHECK_CAPS_AUTHONLY,
-							NULL);
-			}
-		} else
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ceph_set_error_write(ci);
 			break;
+		}
+
+		ceph_clear_error_write(ci);
+		pos += len;
+		written += len;
+		if (pos > i_size_read(inode)) {
+			check_caps = ceph_inode_set_size(inode, pos);
+			if (check_caps)
+				ceph_check_caps(ceph_inode(inode),
+						CHECK_CAPS_AUTHONLY,
+						NULL);
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	if (ret != -EOLDSNAPC && written > 0) {
@@ -1307,6 +1310,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	}
 
 retry_snap:
+	/* FIXME: not complete since it doesn't account for being at quota */
 	if (ceph_osdmap_flag(osdc, CEPH_OSDMAP_FULL)) {
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out;
@@ -1328,7 +1332,8 @@ static ssize_t ceph_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	     inode, ceph_vinop(inode), pos, count, ceph_cap_string(got));
 
 	if ((got & (CEPH_CAP_FILE_BUFFER|CEPH_CAP_FILE_LAZYIO)) == 0 ||
-	    (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) || (fi->flags & CEPH_F_SYNC)) {
+	    (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) || (fi->flags & CEPH_F_SYNC) ||
+	    (ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE)) {
 		struct ceph_snap_context *snapc;
 		struct iov_iter data;
 		inode_unlock(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index c68e6a045fb9e780dfb1cf044b316313d1bf75b6..7334ee86b9e81c4d6dbf57fc9e458f6e94020cb9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -474,6 +474,32 @@ static inline struct inode *ceph_find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 #define CEPH_I_CAP_DROPPED	(1 << 8)  /* caps were forcibly dropped */
 #define CEPH_I_KICK_FLUSH	(1 << 9)  /* kick flushing caps */
 #define CEPH_I_FLUSH_SNAPS	(1 << 10) /* need flush snapss */
+#define CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE	(1 << 11) /* have seen write errors */
+
+/*
+ * We set the ERROR_WRITE bit when we start seeing write errors on an inode
+ * and then clear it when they start succeeding. Note that we do a lockless
+ * check first, and only take the lock if it looks like it needs to be changed.
+ * The write submission code just takes this as a hint, so we're not too
+ * worried if a few slip through in either direction.
+ */
+static inline void ceph_set_error_write(struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
+{
+	if (!(READ_ONCE(ci->i_ceph_flags) & CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE)) {
+		spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		ci->i_ceph_flags |= CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE;
+		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void ceph_clear_error_write(struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
+{
+	if (READ_ONCE(ci->i_ceph_flags) & CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE) {
+		spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+		ci->i_ceph_flags &= ~CEPH_I_ERROR_WRITE;
+		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	}
+}
 
 static inline void __ceph_dir_set_complete(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 					   long long release_count,