1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d9ba8cb0ee75..bd269d268824 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,8 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
                 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
                 spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+                /* Start asynchronous writeout of the inode */
+                write_inode_now(dentry->d_inode, 0);
                 error = nfs_sillyrename(dir, dentry);
                 unlock_kernel();
                 return error;