3 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 60f907666697..f1fc0e4c1c02 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -133,11 +133,12 @@ void nfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
         nfs_clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
-static int nfs_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
+int nfs_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
         nfs_inode_dio_wait(inode);
         return nfs_wb_all(inode);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_sync_inode);
 
 /**
  * nfs_sync_mapping - helper to flush all mmapped dirty data to disk
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 0de62f7cfebf..8da5409e6f1a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ nfs4_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         if (openflags & O_TRUNC) {
                 attr.ia_valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
                 attr.ia_size = 0;
-                nfs_wb_all(inode);
+                nfs_sync_inode(inode);
         }
 
         inode = NFS_PROTO(dir)->open_context(dir, ctx, openflags, &attr, &opened);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index b01ccf371fdc..b638eb6727c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ extern int  nfs_updatepage(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned
  * Try to write back everything synchronously (but check the
  * return value!)
  */
+extern int nfs_sync_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 extern int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);