diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 53ff70e..7f40ea3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
 nfs_mark_request_dirty(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 	__set_page_dirty_nobuffers(req->wb_page);
+	__mark_inode_dirty(req->wb_page->mapping->host, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
@@ -660,6 +661,7 @@
 	req = nfs_setup_write_request(ctx, page, offset, count);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
+	nfs_mark_request_dirty(req);
 	/* Update file length */
 	nfs_grow_file(page, offset, count);
 	nfs_mark_uptodate(page, req->wb_pgbase, req->wb_bytes);
@@ -739,8 +741,6 @@
 	status = nfs_writepage_setup(ctx, page, offset, count);
 	if (status < 0)
 		nfs_set_pageerror(page);
-	else
-		__set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
 
 	dprintk("NFS:       nfs_updatepage returns %d (isize %lld)\n",
 			status, (long long)i_size_read(inode));