diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a385d1c..0214dd1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -208,21 +208,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_mmap);
  * fall back to doing a synchronous write.
  */
 static int
-nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
+nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	int have_error, do_resend, status;
+	int do_resend, status;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: fsync file(%pD2) datasync %d\n", file, datasync);
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFSYNC);
 	do_resend = test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &ctx->flags);
-	have_error = test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
 	status = nfs_commit_inode(inode, FLUSH_SYNC);
-	have_error |= test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
-	if (have_error) {
+	if (test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags)) {
 		ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -247,10 +245,16 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	trace_nfs_fsync_enter(inode);
 
 	do {
+		struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
 		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags)) {
+			int ret2 = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
+			if (ret2)
+				ret = ret2;
+		}
 		if (ret != 0)
 			break;
-		ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
+		ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, datasync);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = pnfs_sync_inode(inode, !!datasync);
 		/*