diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 01dccf18da0a..3b01c9146e15 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ int nfs_key_timeout_notify(struct file *filp, struct inode *inode);
 bool nfs_ctx_key_to_expire(struct nfs_open_context *ctx);
 void nfs_pageio_stop_mirroring(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio);
 
+int nfs_filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
+		loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_1
 static inline
 void nfs_clear_pnfs_ds_commit_verifiers(struct pnfs_ds_commit_info *cinfo)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 0f9f536e647b..b7d457cea03f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -156,11 +156,20 @@ static ssize_t _nfs42_proc_copy(struct file *src, loff_t pos_src,
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
+	status = nfs_filemap_write_and_wait_range(file_inode(src)->i_mapping,
+			pos_src, pos_src + (loff_t)count - 1);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+
 	status = nfs4_set_rw_stateid(&args.dst_stateid, dst_lock->open_context,
 				     dst_lock, FMODE_WRITE);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
+	status = nfs_sync_inode(dst_inode);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+
 	status = nfs4_call_sync(server->client, server, &msg,
 				&args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
 	if (status == -ENOTSUPP)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 014b0e41ace5..7cdc0ab9e6f5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -133,21 +133,9 @@ static ssize_t nfs4_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 				    struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
 				    size_t count, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *in_inode = file_inode(file_in);
-	struct inode *out_inode = file_inode(file_out);
-	int ret;
-
-	if (in_inode == out_inode)
+	if (file_inode(file_in) == file_inode(file_out))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* flush any pending writes */
-	ret = nfs_sync_inode(in_inode);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	ret = nfs_sync_inode(out_inode);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	return nfs42_proc_copy(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, count);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 3087fb6f1983..538a473b324b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,24 @@ int nfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_write_inode);
 
+/*
+ * Wrapper for filemap_write_and_wait_range()
+ *
+ * Needed for pNFS in order to ensure data becomes visible to the
+ * client.
+ */
+int nfs_filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
+		loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, lstart, lend);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = pnfs_sync_inode(mapping->host, true);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_filemap_write_and_wait_range);
+
 /*
  * flush the inode to disk.
  */