diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index bb5476a6d264278aae9d549835b6f9b5bc2dbfc7..3dbd15b47c270afb1c89bf75a26f1a7fc313a85c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,20 @@ static int nfs_pageio_add_request_mirror(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void nfs_pageio_error_cleanup(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
+{
+	u32 midx;
+	struct nfs_pgio_mirror *mirror;
+
+	if (!desc->pg_error)
+		return;
+
+	for (midx = 0; midx < desc->pg_mirror_count; midx++) {
+		mirror = &desc->pg_mirrors[midx];
+		desc->pg_completion_ops->error_cleanup(&mirror->pg_list);
+	}
+}
+
 int nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 			   struct nfs_page *req)
 {
@@ -1161,25 +1175,11 @@ int nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 	return 1;
 
 out_failed:
-	/*
-	 * We might have failed before sending any reqs over wire.
-	 * Clean up rest of the reqs in mirror pg_list.
-	 */
-	if (desc->pg_error) {
-		struct nfs_pgio_mirror *mirror;
-		void (*func)(struct list_head *);
-
-		/* remember fatal errors */
-		if (nfs_error_is_fatal(desc->pg_error))
-			nfs_context_set_write_error(req->wb_context,
-						    desc->pg_error);
-
-		func = desc->pg_completion_ops->error_cleanup;
-		for (midx = 0; midx < desc->pg_mirror_count; midx++) {
-			mirror = &desc->pg_mirrors[midx];
-			func(&mirror->pg_list);
-		}
-	}
+	/* remember fatal errors */
+	if (nfs_error_is_fatal(desc->pg_error))
+		nfs_context_set_write_error(req->wb_context,
+						desc->pg_error);
+	nfs_pageio_error_cleanup(desc);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1251,6 +1251,8 @@ void nfs_pageio_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
 	for (midx = 0; midx < desc->pg_mirror_count; midx++)
 		nfs_pageio_complete_mirror(desc, midx);
 
+	if (desc->pg_error < 0)
+		nfs_pageio_error_cleanup(desc);
 	if (desc->pg_ops->pg_cleanup)
 		desc->pg_ops->pg_cleanup(desc);
 	nfs_pageio_cleanup_mirroring(desc);