1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 92d8ec859e22..cd3469720cbf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,8 @@ go_ahead:
          * ... prune child dentries and writebacks if needed.
          */
         if (atomic_read(&old_dentry->d_count) > 1) {
-                nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
+                if (S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
+                        nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
                 shrink_dcache_parent(old_dentry);
         }
         nfs_inode_return_delegation(old_inode);