diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 1dda78d..0c38852 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@
 	.pg_doio = nfs_generic_pg_writepages,
 };
 
-static void nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+void nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 				  struct inode *inode, int ioflags)
 {
 	nfs_pageio_init(pgio, inode, &nfs_pageio_write_ops,
@@ -1166,13 +1166,7 @@
 static void nfs_writeback_release_full(void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs_write_data	*data = calldata;
-	int ret, status = data->task.tk_status;
-	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor pgio;
-
-	if (data->pnfs_error) {
-		nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(&pgio, data->inode, FLUSH_STABLE);
-		pgio.pg_recoalesce = 1;
-	}
+	int status = data->task.tk_status;
 
 	/* Update attributes as result of writeback. */
 	while (!list_empty(&data->pages)) {
@@ -1188,11 +1182,6 @@
 			req->wb_bytes,
 			(long long)req_offset(req));
 
-		if (data->pnfs_error) {
-			dprintk(", pnfs error = %d\n", data->pnfs_error);
-			goto next;
-		}
-
 		if (status < 0) {
 			nfs_set_pageerror(page);
 			nfs_context_set_write_error(req->wb_context, status);
@@ -1212,19 +1201,7 @@
 	next:
 		nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(req);
 		nfs_end_page_writeback(page);
-		if (data->pnfs_error) {
-			lock_page(page);
-			nfs_pageio_cond_complete(&pgio, page->index);
-			ret = nfs_page_async_flush(&pgio, page, 0);
-			if (ret) {
-				nfs_set_pageerror(page);
-				dprintk("rewrite to MDS error = %d\n", ret);
-			}
-			unlock_page(page);
-		}
 	}
-	if (data->pnfs_error)
-		nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
 	nfs_writedata_release(calldata);
 }