INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nfsi->access_cache_inode_lru);
        INIT_RADIX_TREE(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       nfsi->ncommit = 0;
        nfsi->npages = 0;
        atomic_set(&nfsi->silly_count, 1);
        INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&nfsi->silly_list);
 
        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-       nfsi->ncommit++;
        set_bit(PG_CLEAN, &(req)->wb_flags);
        radix_tree_tag_set(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree,
                        req->wb_index,
        }
 }
 
+static int
+nfs_need_commit(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+       return radix_tree_tagged(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 /*
  * nfs_scan_commit - Scan an inode for commit requests
 nfs_scan_commit(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dst, pgoff_t idx_start, unsigned int npages)
 {
        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-       int res = 0;
 
-       if (nfsi->ncommit != 0) {
-               res = nfs_scan_list(nfsi, dst, idx_start, npages,
-                               NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
-               nfsi->ncommit -= res;
-       }
-       return res;
+       if (!nfs_need_commit(nfsi))
+               return 0;
+
+       return nfs_scan_list(nfsi, dst, idx_start, npages, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
 }
 #else
+static inline int nfs_need_commit(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int nfs_scan_commit(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dst, pgoff_t idx_start, unsigned int npages)
 {
        return 0;
        data->args.stable  = NFS_UNSTABLE;
        if (how & FLUSH_STABLE) {
                data->args.stable = NFS_DATA_SYNC;
-               if (!NFS_I(inode)->ncommit)
+               if (!nfs_need_commit(NFS_I(inode)))
                        data->args.stable = NFS_FILE_SYNC;
        }