diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a606708264ed..40436857ed42 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -333,9 +333,15 @@ nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	result = -EBUSY;
 	if (IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
 		goto out_swapfile;
-	result = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
-	if (result)
-		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * O_APPEND implies that we must revalidate the file length.
+	 */
+	if (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_APPEND) {
+		result = nfs_revalidate_file_size(inode, iocb->ki_filp);
+		if (result)
+			goto out;
+	} else
+		nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
 
 	result = count;
 	if (!count)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index b2d16758ced8..a3922f4cc0a8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1062,21 +1062,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 	if (verifier == nfsi->cache_change_attribute)
 		nfsi->flags &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME);
 	/* Do the page cache invalidation */
-	if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
-		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-			if (filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0)
-				filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-			nfs_wb_all(inode);
-		}
-		nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-		invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
-		memset(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode), 0, sizeof(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode)));
-		dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) data cache invalidated\n",
-				inode->i_sb->s_id,
-				(long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
-		/* This ensures we revalidate dentries */
-		nfsi->cache_change_attribute++;
-	}
+	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, inode->i_mapping);
 	if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
 		nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) revalidation complete\n",
@@ -1115,6 +1101,34 @@ int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 	return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nfs_revalidate_mapping - Revalidate the pagecache
+ * @inode - pointer to host inode
+ * @mapping - pointer to mapping
+ */
+void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+
+	if (nfsi->flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			if (filemap_fdatawrite(mapping) == 0)
+				filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+			nfs_wb_all(inode);
+		}
+		invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
+		nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+			memset(nfsi->cookieverf, 0, sizeof(nfsi->cookieverf));
+			/* This ensures we revalidate child dentries */
+			nfsi->cache_change_attribute++;
+		}
+		dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) data cache invalidated\n",
+				inode->i_sb->s_id,
+				(long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_begin_data_update
  * @inode - pointer to inode
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 211266c56ce5..443103c13e53 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
 extern int __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *, struct inode *);
+extern void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int nfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void nfs_begin_attr_update(struct inode *);
 extern void nfs_end_attr_update(struct inode *);