diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 1d4e631..6380b94 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 	 * I/O, else return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED to fall back to normal NFS
 	 */
 	enum pnfs_try_status (*read_pagelist) (struct nfs_read_data *nfs_data);
+	enum pnfs_try_status (*write_pagelist) (struct nfs_write_data *nfs_data, int how);
 };
 
 struct pnfs_layout_hdr {
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@
 		   enum pnfs_iomode access_type);
 void set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *, u32 id);
 void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *);
+enum pnfs_try_status pnfs_try_to_write_data(struct nfs_write_data *,
+					     const struct rpc_call_ops *, int);
 enum pnfs_try_status pnfs_try_to_read_data(struct nfs_read_data *,
 					    const struct rpc_call_ops *);
 void pnfs_pageio_init_read(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct inode *);
@@ -200,6 +203,13 @@
 	return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
 }
 
+static inline enum pnfs_try_status
+pnfs_try_to_write_data(struct nfs_write_data *data,
+		       const struct rpc_call_ops *call_ops, int how)
+{
+	return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
+}
+
 static inline bool
 pnfs_roc(struct inode *ino)
 {