diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 7a4fe7d82e65e4463d290131998e8b429971bb53..1ea35f88eadbc64b5da229c6b5b10d4353169843 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int wb_priority(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	if (wbc->for_reclaim)
-		return FLUSH_HIGHPRI | FLUSH_STABLE;
+		return FLUSH_HIGHPRI | FLUSH_COND_STABLE;
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		ret = FLUSH_COND_STABLE;
 	return ret;