diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 93589fccdd97..397e73258631 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/*
 	 * check to see if the page is mapped already (no holes)
 	 */
-	if (PageMappedToDisk(page)) {
-		unlock_page(page);
+	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
 		goto mapped;
-	}
+
 	if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 		int fully_mapped = 1;
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 		if (fully_mapped) {
 			SetPageMappedToDisk(page);
-			unlock_page(page);
 			goto mapped;
 		}
 	}
@@ -105,16 +103,17 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	ret = block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, nilfs_get_block);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+	if (ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED) {
 		nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	nilfs_set_file_dirty(inode, 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits));
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
  mapped:
 	SetPageChecked(page);
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-	return 0;
+	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 }
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct nilfs_file_vm_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 856e8e4e0b74..a8dd344303cb 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ enum {
  * Macros to check inode numbers
  */
 #define NILFS_MDT_INO_BITS   \
-  ((unsigned int)(1 << NILFS_DAT_INO | 1 << NILFS_CPFILE_INO |		\
-		  1 << NILFS_SUFILE_INO | 1 << NILFS_IFILE_INO |	\
-		  1 << NILFS_ATIME_INO | 1 << NILFS_SKETCH_INO))
+	((unsigned int)(1 << NILFS_DAT_INO | 1 << NILFS_CPFILE_INO |	\
+			1 << NILFS_SUFILE_INO | 1 << NILFS_IFILE_INO |	\
+			1 << NILFS_ATIME_INO | 1 << NILFS_SKETCH_INO))
 
 #define NILFS_SYS_INO_BITS   \
-  ((unsigned int)(1 << NILFS_ROOT_INO) | NILFS_MDT_INO_BITS)
+	((unsigned int)(1 << NILFS_ROOT_INO) | NILFS_MDT_INO_BITS)
 
 #define NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) (((struct the_nilfs *)sb->s_fs_info)->ns_first_ino)
 
 #define NILFS_MDT_INODE(sb, ino) \
-  ((ino) < NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) && (NILFS_MDT_INO_BITS & (1 << (ino))))
+	((ino) < NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) && (NILFS_MDT_INO_BITS & (1 << (ino))))
 #define NILFS_VALID_INODE(sb, ino) \
-  ((ino) >= NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) || (NILFS_SYS_INO_BITS & (1 << (ino))))
+	((ino) >= NILFS_FIRST_INO(sb) || (NILFS_SYS_INO_BITS & (1 << (ino))))
 
 /**
  * struct nilfs_transaction_info: context information for synchronization
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ extern void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_error(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
 extern void nilfs_warning(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...)
-       __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
 extern struct nilfs_super_block *
 nilfs_read_super_block(struct super_block *, u64, int, struct buffer_head **);
 extern int nilfs_store_magic_and_option(struct super_block *,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 4d2a1ee0eb47..9d2dc6b4348e 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -495,12 +495,14 @@ unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *page,
 void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
+	static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
+
 	mapping->host = NULL;
 	mapping->flags = 0;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
 	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
-	mapping->a_ops = NULL;
+	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 }
 
 /*