diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index d3c3c5c972c31c4a288ba963fc33bbc481e968f4..bdd73fbacf48f734db7e2c9731f4ac3f5593e3f7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type blocklayout_type = {
 	.id				= LAYOUT_BLOCK_VOLUME,
 	.name				= "LAYOUT_BLOCK_VOLUME",
 	.owner				= THIS_MODULE,
-	.flags				= PNFS_READ_WHOLE_PAGE,
+	.flags				= PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_SETATTR |
+					  PNFS_READ_WHOLE_PAGE,
 	.read_pagelist			= bl_read_pagelist,
 	.write_pagelist			= bl_write_pagelist,
 	.alloc_layout_hdr		= bl_alloc_layout_hdr,