diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 55a8c3671233..92b4a6614fd3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -474,7 +474,10 @@ nfs_clear_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
 static inline
 int nfs_write_need_commit(struct nfs_write_data *data)
 {
-	return data->verf.committed != NFS_FILE_SYNC;
+	if (data->verf.committed == NFS_DATA_SYNC)
+		return data->lseg == NULL;
+	else
+		return data->verf.committed != NFS_FILE_SYNC;
 }
 
 static inline