1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index d85a534b15cd..2f093ed16980 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ nfs_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
  * disk, but it retrieves and clears ctx->error after synching, despite
  * the two being set at the same time in nfs_context_set_write_error().
  * This is because the former is used to notify the _next_ call to
- * nfs_file_write() that a write error occured, and hence cause it to
+ * nfs_file_write() that a write error occurred, and hence cause it to
  * fall back to doing a synchronous write.
  */
 static int
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
                 ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
         if (!ret && status < 0)
                 ret = status;
+        if (!ret && !datasync)
+                /* application has asked for meta-data sync */
+                ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
         return ret;
 }