diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index cfa47761a8cea26eb6b1583eafefb1a55902f348..75ab7622e0cc193bab28f2ba5bb56d37e5f49465 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ static int nfs_can_extend_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, struct ino
 		return 1;
 	if (!flctx || (list_empty_careful(&flctx->flc_flock) &&
 		       list_empty_careful(&flctx->flc_posix)))
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 
 	/* Check to see if there are whole file write locks */
 	ret = 0;