diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e268e3b..7271680 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@
 
 	data->args.fh     = NFS_FH(inode);
 	data->args.offset = req_offset(req) + offset;
+	/* pnfs_set_layoutcommit needs this */
+	data->mds_offset = data->args.offset;
 	data->args.pgbase = req->wb_pgbase + offset;
 	data->args.pages  = data->pagevec;
 	data->args.count  = count;