if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
                num_pages = calc_pages_for((unsigned long)data, len);
-               pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages);
+               pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages, true);
        } else {
                num_pages = calc_pages_for(off, len);
                pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(num_pages, GFP_NOFS);
 
 done:
        if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
-               ceph_put_page_vector(pages, num_pages);
+               ceph_put_page_vector(pages, num_pages, true);
        else
                ceph_release_page_vector(pages, num_pages);
        dout("sync_read result %d\n", ret);
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-               pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages);
+               pages = ceph_get_direct_page_vector(data, num_pages, false);
                if (IS_ERR(pages)) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(pages);
                        goto out;
        }
 
        if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
-               ceph_put_page_vector(pages, num_pages);
+               ceph_put_page_vector(pages, num_pages, false);
        else if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
                ceph_release_page_vector(pages, num_pages);
 
 
 extern void ceph_release_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages);
 
 extern struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const char __user *data,
-                                                int num_pages);
-extern void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages);
+                                                int num_pages,
+                                                bool write_page);
+extern void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages,
+                                bool dirty);
 extern void ceph_release_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages);
 extern struct page **ceph_alloc_page_vector(int num_pages, gfp_t flags);
 extern int ceph_copy_user_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
 
  * build a vector of user pages
  */
 struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const char __user *data,
-                                         int num_pages)
+                                         int num_pages, bool write_page)
 {
        struct page **pages;
        int rc;
 
        down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
        rc = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, (unsigned long)data,
-                           num_pages, 0, 0, pages, NULL);
+                           num_pages, write_page, 0, pages, NULL);
        up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem);
        if (rc < 0)
                goto fail;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_get_direct_page_vector);
 
-void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages)
+void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages, bool dirty)
 {
        int i;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
+       for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+               if (dirty)
+                       set_page_dirty_lock(pages[i]);
                put_page(pages[i]);
+       }
        kfree(pages);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_put_page_vector);