* fall back to doing a synchronous write.
  */
 static int
-nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
+nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
        struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
        struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
                        dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
                        datasync);
 
-       ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
-       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
        nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSFSYNC);
        have_error = test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
        status = nfs_commit_inode(inode, FLUSH_SYNC);
                ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
        if (!ret && status < 0)
                ret = status;
-       if (!ret && !datasync)
-               /* application has asked for meta-data sync */
-               ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+       ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+       ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
        return ret;
 }
 
        goto out_put_ctx;
 }
 
+static int
+nfs4_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+       ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+       ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync);
+       if (!ret && !datasync)
+               /* application has asked for meta-data sync */
+               ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
+       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 const struct file_operations nfs4_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = nfs_file_llseek,
        .read           = do_sync_read,
        .open           = nfs4_file_open,
        .flush          = nfs_file_flush,
        .release        = nfs_file_release,
-       .fsync          = nfs_file_fsync,
+       .fsync          = nfs4_file_fsync,
        .lock           = nfs_lock,
        .flock          = nfs_flock,
        .splice_read    = nfs_file_splice_read,