diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index f55a4e756047..217847679f0e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void bl_write_cleanup(struct work_struct *work)
 			PAGE_SIZE - 1) & (loff_t)PAGE_MASK;
 
 		ext_tree_mark_written(bl, start >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
-					(end - start) >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
+					(end - start) >> SECTOR_SHIFT, end);
 	}
 
 	pnfs_ld_write_done(hdr);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
index 18e6fd0b9506..efc007f00742 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ struct pnfs_block_layout {
 	struct rb_root		bl_ext_ro;
 	spinlock_t		bl_ext_lock;   /* Protects list manipulation */
 	bool			bl_scsi_layout;
+	u64			bl_lwb;
 };
 
 static inline struct pnfs_block_layout *
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ int ext_tree_insert(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl,
 int ext_tree_remove(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, bool rw, sector_t start,
 		sector_t end);
 int ext_tree_mark_written(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, sector_t start,
-		sector_t len);
+		sector_t len, u64 lwb);
 bool ext_tree_lookup(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, sector_t isect,
 		struct pnfs_block_extent *ret, bool rw);
 int ext_tree_prepare_commit(struct nfs4_layoutcommit_args *arg);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
index 992bcb19c11e..c85fbfd2d0d9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ ext_tree_split(struct rb_root *root, struct pnfs_block_extent *be,
 
 int
 ext_tree_mark_written(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, sector_t start,
-		sector_t len)
+		sector_t len, u64 lwb)
 {
 	struct rb_root *root = &bl->bl_ext_rw;
 	sector_t end = start + len;
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ ext_tree_mark_written(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, sector_t start,
 		}
 	}
 out:
+	if (bl->bl_lwb < lwb)
+		bl->bl_lwb = lwb;
 	spin_unlock(&bl->bl_ext_lock);
 
 	__ext_put_deviceids(&tmp);
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ static __be32 *encode_scsi_range(struct pnfs_block_extent *be, __be32 *p)
 }
 
 static int ext_tree_encode_commit(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, __be32 *p,
-		size_t buffer_size, size_t *count)
+		size_t buffer_size, size_t *count, __u64 *lastbyte)
 {
 	struct pnfs_block_extent *be;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -542,6 +544,8 @@ static int ext_tree_encode_commit(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, __be32 *p,
 			p = encode_block_extent(be, p);
 		be->be_tag = EXTENT_COMMITTING;
 	}
+	*lastbyte = bl->bl_lwb - 1;
+	bl->bl_lwb = 0;
 	spin_unlock(&bl->bl_ext_lock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -564,7 +568,7 @@ ext_tree_prepare_commit(struct nfs4_layoutcommit_args *arg)
 	arg->layoutupdate_pages = &arg->layoutupdate_page;
 
 retry:
-	ret = ext_tree_encode_commit(bl, start_p + 1, buffer_size, &count);
+	ret = ext_tree_encode_commit(bl, start_p + 1, buffer_size, &count, &arg->lastbytewritten);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		ext_tree_free_commitdata(arg, buffer_size);