diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 3f4d957..5ee9253 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@
 /* write.c */
 extern int nfs_generic_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 		struct list_head *head);
+extern void nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
+				  struct inode *inode, int ioflags);
 extern void nfs_pageio_reset_write_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio);
 extern void nfs_writedata_release(struct nfs_write_data *wdata);
 extern void nfs_commit_free(struct nfs_write_data *p);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index f881a63..17149a4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,33 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_pg_test);
 
+static int pnfs_write_done_resend_to_mds(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor pgio;
+	LIST_HEAD(failed);
+
+	/* Resend all requests through the MDS */
+	nfs_pageio_init_write_mds(&pgio, inode, FLUSH_STABLE);
+	while (!list_empty(head)) {
+		struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(head->next);
+
+		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
+		if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&pgio, req))
+			nfs_list_add_request(req, &failed);
+	}
+	nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&failed)) {
+		/* For some reason our attempt to resend pages. Mark the
+		 * overall send request as having failed, and let
+		 * nfs_writeback_release_full deal with the error.
+		 */
+		list_move(&failed, head);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Called by non rpc-based layout drivers
  */
@@ -1175,8 +1202,6 @@
 		pnfs_set_layoutcommit(data);
 		data->mds_ops->rpc_call_done(&data->task, data);
 	} else {
-		put_lseg(data->lseg);
-		data->lseg = NULL;
 		dprintk("pnfs write error = %d\n", data->pnfs_error);
 		if (NFS_SERVER(data->inode)->pnfs_curr_ld->flags &
 						PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_ERROR) {
@@ -1187,6 +1212,7 @@
 				  &NFS_I(data->inode)->flags);
 			pnfs_return_layout(data->inode);
 		}
+		data->task.tk_status = pnfs_write_done_resend_to_mds(data->inode, &data->pages);
 	}
 	data->mds_ops->rpc_release(data);
 }
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);
 }