diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 0a6c65a..bb72ad3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 		clear_bdi_congested(&nfss->backing_dev_info, BLK_RW_ASYNC);
 }
 
-static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page)
+static struct nfs_page *nfs_find_and_lock_request(struct page *page, bool nonblock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct nfs_page *req;
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@
 		 *	 request as dirty (in which case we don't care).
 		 */
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		ret = nfs_wait_on_request(req);
+		if (!nonblock)
+			ret = nfs_wait_on_request(req);
+		else
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
 		nfs_release_request(req);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -256,12 +259,12 @@
  * May return an error if the user signalled nfs_wait_on_request().
  */
 static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
-				struct page *page)
+				struct page *page, bool nonblock)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *req;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page);
+	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page, nonblock);
 	if (!req)
 		goto out;
 	ret = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -283,12 +286,20 @@
 static int nfs_do_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc, struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+	int ret;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSWRITEPAGE);
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_WRITEPAGES, 1);
 
 	nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
-	return nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page);
+	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page,
+			wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
+			wbc->nonblocking != 0);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1546,7 +1557,7 @@
 
 	nfs_fscache_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page);
+	req = nfs_find_and_lock_request(page, false);
 	ret = PTR_ERR(req);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		goto out;