diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 7d620970f2e1addfbd447dc7b4a0bd1233bc9ec6..ca699ddc11c10e2e012f200d37213c90739af286 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -657,7 +657,10 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	if (result <= 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	written = generic_write_sync(iocb, result);
+	result = generic_write_sync(iocb, result);
+	if (result < 0)
+		goto out;
+	written = result;
 	iocb->ki_pos += written;
 
 	/* Return error values */