diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e4cbc11a74ab..bb608186b099 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ static int nfs_writepage_setup(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct page *page,
 	req = nfs_setup_write_request(ctx, page, offset, count);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
-	nfs_mark_request_dirty(req);
 	/* Update file length */
 	nfs_grow_file(page, offset, count);
 	nfs_mark_uptodate(page, req->wb_pgbase, req->wb_bytes);