diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4925d11849cd..2f41659e232e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -603,8 +603,9 @@ static void nfs_write_error(struct nfs_page *req, int error)
  * Find an associated nfs write request, and prepare to flush it out
  * May return an error if the user signalled nfs_wait_on_request().
  */
-static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
-				struct page *page)
+static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct page *page,
+				struct writeback_control *wbc,
+				struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *req;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -630,11 +631,11 @@ static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 		/*
 		 * Remove the problematic req upon fatal errors on the server
 		 */
-		if (nfs_error_is_fatal(ret)) {
-			if (nfs_error_is_fatal_on_server(ret))
-				goto out_launder;
-		} else
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
+		if (nfs_error_is_fatal_on_server(ret))
+			goto out_launder;
+		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+			ret = AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
+		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
 		nfs_redirty_request(req);
 		pgio->pg_error = 0;
 	} else
@@ -650,15 +651,8 @@ out_launder:
 static int nfs_do_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 			    struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page_index(page));
-	ret = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page);
-	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
-		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
-		ret = AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
-	}
-	return ret;
+	return nfs_page_async_flush(page, wbc, pgio);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -733,12 +727,15 @@ int nfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		priority = wb_priority(wbc);
 	}
 
-	nfs_pageio_init_write(&pgio, inode, priority, false,
-				&nfs_async_write_completion_ops);
-	pgio.pg_io_completion = ioc;
-	err = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, nfs_writepages_callback, &pgio);
-	pgio.pg_error = 0;
-	nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
+	do {
+		nfs_pageio_init_write(&pgio, inode, priority, false,
+				      &nfs_async_write_completion_ops);
+		pgio.pg_io_completion = ioc;
+		err = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, nfs_writepages_callback,
+					&pgio);
+		pgio.pg_error = 0;
+		nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
+	} while (err < 0 && !nfs_error_is_fatal(err));
 	nfs_io_completion_put(ioc);
 
 	if (err < 0)