diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 1d447e37f472be2d17395e4aea98a276c629e673..06e150c4e31513ce72d7f66a432c7e2a699d0880 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@ static struct nfs_page *nfs_page_find_head_request(struct page *page)
 	struct inode *inode = page_file_mapping(page)->host;
 	struct nfs_page *req = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	req = nfs_page_find_head_request_locked(NFS_I(inode), page);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (PagePrivate(page) || PageSwapCache(page)) {
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		req = nfs_page_find_head_request_locked(NFS_I(inode), page);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	}
 	return req;
 }