diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 36a5e74..f036153 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -493,11 +494,19 @@
  */
 static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
 
 	/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
-	if ((gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL)
-		nfs_wb_page(page->mapping->host, page);
+	if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL) {
+		int how = FLUSH_SYNC;
+
+		/* Don't let kswapd deadlock waiting for OOM RPC calls */
+		if (current_is_kswapd())
+			how = 0;
+		nfs_commit_inode(mapping->host, how);
+	}
 	/* If PagePrivate() is set, then the page is not freeable */
 	if (PagePrivate(page))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 91679e2..0a6c65a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
 	.rpc_release = nfs_commit_release,
 };
 
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(head);
 	int may_wait = how & FLUSH_SYNC;
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
 	return 0;
 }