diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c80a81ff59c6f2d48e26c56317ace634d98659d9..a38d4b22d1f8c41b0b4b240f24c7361c49bbebc7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@ struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct dentry *dentry, struct rp
 		ctx->state = NULL;
 		ctx->lockowner = current->files;
 		ctx->error = 0;
-		init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->waitq);
 	}
 	return ctx;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 4f1ba723848de91e95d51547a30ff40141cb1a36..80777f99a58adc1d27ab0a4d504a76052badb4c2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void nfs_unlock_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
 	clear_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags);
 	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-	wake_up_all(&req->wb_context->waitq);
+	wake_up_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY);
 	nfs_release_request(req);
 }
 
@@ -180,6 +180,17 @@ nfs_list_add_request(struct nfs_page *req, struct list_head *head)
 	req->wb_list_head = head;
 }
 
+static int nfs_wait_bit_interruptible(void *word)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (signal_pending(current))
+		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+	else
+		schedule();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_wait_on_request - Wait for a request to complete.
  * @req: request to wait upon.
@@ -190,12 +201,22 @@ nfs_list_add_request(struct nfs_page *req, struct list_head *head)
 int
 nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
-        struct rpc_clnt	*clnt = NFS_CLIENT(inode);
-
-	if (!NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req))
-		return 0;
-	return nfs_wait_event(clnt, req->wb_context->waitq, !NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req));
+        struct rpc_clnt	*clnt = NFS_CLIENT(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode);
+	sigset_t oldmask;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!test_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags))
+		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * Note: the call to rpc_clnt_sigmask() suffices to ensure that we
+	 *	 are not interrupted if intr flag is not set
+	 */
+	rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldmask);
+	ret = out_of_line_wait_on_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY,
+			nfs_wait_bit_interruptible, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldmask);
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 68d5aae89972d6646a72a095943f61ad698f95f0..0b01b96337f80003a7220bbb124b3c5692476074 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ struct nfs_open_context {
 	int error;
 
 	struct list_head list;
-	wait_queue_head_t waitq;
 };
 
 /*