diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 36a5e74f51b48ce00fdcb824874d7bcecdb7b8f0..f036153d9f50eaaa93bd8d8d6bc4da231a9f26d3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -493,11 +494,19 @@ static void nfs_invalidate_page(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
  */
 static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
 
 	/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
-	if ((gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL)
-		nfs_wb_page(page->mapping->host, page);
+	if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL) {
+		int how = FLUSH_SYNC;
+
+		/* Don't let kswapd deadlock waiting for OOM RPC calls */
+		if (current_is_kswapd())
+			how = 0;
+		nfs_commit_inode(mapping->host, how);
+	}
 	/* If PagePrivate() is set, then the page is not freeable */
 	if (PagePrivate(page))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
index 6bd19d843af7d21d0a6011589c46fb2d1586a955..df101d9f546ae294a4e370b77fa63c06bf5ab277 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static char nfs_root_name[256] __initdata = "";
 static __be32 servaddr __initdata = 0;
 
 /* Name of directory to mount */
-static char nfs_export_path[NFS_MAXPATHLEN] __initdata = { 0, };
+static char nfs_export_path[NFS_MAXPATHLEN + 1] __initdata = { 0, };
 
 /* NFS-related data */
 static struct nfs_mount_data nfs_data __initdata = { 0, };/* NFS mount info */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 91679e2631ee0ebaff79cd96fd6e3019ca5a49d8..bb72ad34d51dd37fcf32a346b103c1db54a6a227 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void nfs_end_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 		clear_bdi_congested(&nfss->backing_dev_info, BLK_RW_ASYNC);
 }
 
-static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page)
+static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page, bool nonblock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct nfs_page *req;
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page)
 		 *	 request as dirty (in which case we don't care).
 		 */
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		ret = nfs_wait_on_request(req);
+		if (!nonblock)
+			ret = nfs_wait_on_request(req);
+		else
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
 		nfs_release_request(req);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -256,12 +259,12 @@ static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page)
  * May return an error if the user signalled nfs_wait_on_request().
  */
 static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
-				struct page *page)
+				struct page *page, bool nonblock)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *req;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page);
+	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page, nonblock);
 	if (!req)
 		goto out;
 	ret = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -283,12 +286,20 @@ static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 static int nfs_do_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc, struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+	int ret;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSWRITEPAGE);
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_WRITEPAGES, 1);
 
 	nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
-	return nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page);
+	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page,
+			wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
+			wbc->nonblocking != 0);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1379,7 +1390,7 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_commit_ops = {
 	.rpc_release = nfs_commit_release,
 };
 
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(head);
 	int may_wait = how & FLUSH_SYNC;
@@ -1443,7 +1454,7 @@ static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_contr
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1546,7 +1557,7 @@ int nfs_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *newpage,
 
 	nfs_fscache_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page);
+	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page, false);
 	ret = PTR_ERR(req);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 77c2ae53431cccbdccf7932a84cd032e0b7e914c..f6e2455f13d16262ab4eecc8cc9faafdf8952aa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ extern int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 extern int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+extern int  nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern struct nfs_write_data *nfs_commitdata_alloc(void);
 extern void nfs_commit_free(struct nfs_write_data *wdata);
 #endif