1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a606708264ed..40436857ed42 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -333,9 +333,15 @@ nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
         result = -EBUSY;
         if (IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
                 goto out_swapfile;
-        result = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
-        if (result)
-                goto out;
+        /*
+         * O_APPEND implies that we must revalidate the file length.
+         */
+        if (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_APPEND) {
+                result = nfs_revalidate_file_size(inode, iocb->ki_filp);
+                if (result)
+                        goto out;
+        } else
+                nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
 
         result = count;
         if (!count)