diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index e3ef3ec0efd0675c6c8d5d5a4a154ec0cca6b80c..d5fe17cb07e3f6f7717574dbd151146a5fb25c97 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -782,12 +782,9 @@ static inline int nfsd_dosync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dp,
 	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 	int err;
 
-	err = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+	err = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (err == 0 && fop && (fsync = fop->fsync))
 		err = fsync(filp, dp, 0);
-	if (err == 0)
-		err = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-
 	return err;
 }