static void nfs4_proc_commit_setup(struct nfs_write_data *data, struct rpc_message *msg)
 {
        struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(data->inode);
-       
-       data->args.bitmask = server->cache_consistency_bitmask;
+
+       if (data->lseg) {
+               data->args.bitmask = NULL;
+               data->res.fattr = NULL;
+       } else
+               data->args.bitmask = server->cache_consistency_bitmask;
        if (!data->write_done_cb)
                data->write_done_cb = nfs4_commit_done_cb;
        data->res.server = server;
 
        encode_sequence(xdr, &args->seq_args, &hdr);
        encode_putfh(xdr, args->fh, &hdr);
        encode_commit(xdr, args, &hdr);
-       encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
+       if (args->bitmask)
+               encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
        encode_nops(&hdr);
 }
 
        status = decode_commit(xdr, res);
        if (status)
                goto out;
-       decode_getfattr(xdr, res->fattr, res->server,
-                       !RPC_IS_ASYNC(rqstp->rq_task));
+       if (res->fattr)
+               decode_getfattr(xdr, res->fattr, res->server,
+                               !RPC_IS_ASYNC(rqstp->rq_task));
 out:
        return status;
 }
 
 {
        struct nfs_write_data *wdata = data;
 
+       put_lseg(wdata->lseg);
        put_nfs_open_context(wdata->args.context);
        nfs_commit_free(wdata);
 }
  * Set up the argument/result storage required for the RPC call.
  */
 static void nfs_init_commit(struct nfs_write_data *data,
-                           struct list_head *head)
+                           struct list_head *head,
+                           struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
        struct nfs_page *first = nfs_list_entry(head->next);
        struct inode *inode = first->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
 
        data->inode       = inode;
        data->cred        = first->wb_context->cred;
+       data->lseg        = lseg; /* reference transferred */
        data->mds_ops     = &nfs_commit_ops;
 
        data->args.fh     = NFS_FH(data->inode);
                goto out_bad;
 
        /* Set up the argument struct */
-       nfs_init_commit(data, head);
+       nfs_init_commit(data, head, NULL);
        return nfs_initiate_commit(data, NFS_CLIENT(inode), data->mds_ops, how);
  out_bad:
        nfs_retry_commit(head, NULL);