1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 71296cc97f98..46aa4389ce13 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1554,6 +1554,10 @@ static int nfs_commit_unstable_pages(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_contr
         int flags = FLUSH_SYNC;
         int ret = 0;
 
+        /* no commits means nothing needs to be done */
+        if (!nfsi->ncommit)
+                return ret;
+
         if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
                 /* Don't commit yet if this is a non-blocking flush and there
                  * are a lot of outstanding writes for this mapping.