diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 9943a75bb6d1d94766c7992be26034372152e4ad..f493bdd74f78c8c495bec568dc1a2875d32bfc73 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -649,8 +649,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_result(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs_write_data *data = calldata;
 
-	if (nfs_writeback_done(task, data) != 0)
-		return;
+	nfs_writeback_done(task, data);
 }
 
 /*