diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 7a79fbe9f5394c67dd53b01526d37e29fae0ce4e..387809f2d188db64fc7fc699a651d79af4be9cfa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -316,6 +316,17 @@ static int nfs_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, unsigned offse
 	return status;
 }
 
+static int nfs_invalidate_page(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	/* FIXME: we really should cancel any unstarted writes on this page */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return !nfs_wb_page(page->mapping->host, page);
+}
+
 struct address_space_operations nfs_file_aops = {
 	.readpage = nfs_readpage,
 	.readpages = nfs_readpages,
@@ -324,6 +335,8 @@ struct address_space_operations nfs_file_aops = {
 	.writepages = nfs_writepages,
 	.prepare_write = nfs_prepare_write,
 	.commit_write = nfs_commit_write,
+	.invalidatepage = nfs_invalidate_page,
+	.releasepage = nfs_release_page,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO
 	.direct_IO = nfs_direct_IO,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index d53857b148e249933ac2ff9813e07bdb445a63dc..d6e076c9dbe13b91ab47f598b97625614140750f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ nfs_create_request(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 	atomic_set(&req->wb_complete, 0);
 	req->wb_index	= page->index;
 	page_cache_get(page);
+	BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
+	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+	BUG_ON(page->mapping->host != inode);
+	SetPagePrivate(page);
 	req->wb_offset  = offset;
 	req->wb_pgbase	= offset;
 	req->wb_bytes   = count;
@@ -147,8 +151,10 @@ void nfs_clear_page_writeback(struct nfs_page *req)
  */
 void nfs_clear_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	if (req->wb_page) {
-		page_cache_release(req->wb_page);
+	struct page *page = req->wb_page;
+	if (page != NULL) {
+		ClearPagePrivate(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
 		req->wb_page = NULL;
 	}
 }