diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 704e67d392e5a8bd01c13e0c8b8010dea10691f5..e40e949598fd29e7eb2fa6dcae0bf2e8fa8d9a5f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ nfs_scan_commit(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dst, pgoff_t idx_start, u
 	ret = nfs_scan_list(nfsi, dst, idx_start, npages, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		nfsi->ncommit -= ret;
+	if (nfs_need_commit(NFS_I(inode)))
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
 	return ret;
 }
 #else