diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index fd85618149a1..87a593c2b055 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ int nfs_scan_list(struct nfs_inode *nfsi,
 	pgoff_t idx_end;
 	int found, i;
 	int res;
+	struct list_head *list;
 
 	res = 0;
 	if (npages == 0)
@@ -418,10 +419,10 @@ int nfs_scan_list(struct nfs_inode *nfsi,
 			idx_start = req->wb_index + 1;
 			if (nfs_set_page_tag_locked(req)) {
 				kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
-				nfs_list_remove_request(req);
 				radix_tree_tag_clear(&nfsi->nfs_page_tree,
 						req->wb_index, tag);
-				nfs_list_add_request(req, dst);
+				list = pnfs_choose_commit_list(req, dst);
+				nfs_list_add_request(req, list);
 				res++;
 				if (res == INT_MAX)
 					goto out;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 6380b9405bcd..5370f1b9aa43 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type {
 	/* test for nfs page cache coalescing */
 	int (*pg_test)(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, struct nfs_page *, struct nfs_page *);
 
+	/* Returns true if layoutdriver wants to divert this request to
+	 * driver's commit routine.
+	 */
+	bool (*mark_pnfs_commit)(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
+	struct list_head * (*choose_commit_list) (struct nfs_page *req);
+	int (*commit_pagelist)(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *mds_pages, int how);
+
 	/*
 	 * Return PNFS_ATTEMPTED to indicate the layout code has attempted
 	 * I/O, else return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED to fall back to normal NFS
@@ -169,6 +176,51 @@ static inline int pnfs_enabled_sb(struct nfs_server *nfss)
 	return nfss->pnfs_curr_ld != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline void
+pnfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req, struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+	if (lseg) {
+		struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld;
+
+		ld = NFS_SERVER(req->wb_page->mapping->host)->pnfs_curr_ld;
+		if (ld->mark_pnfs_commit && ld->mark_pnfs_commit(lseg)) {
+			set_bit(PG_PNFS_COMMIT, &req->wb_flags);
+			req->wb_commit_lseg = get_lseg(lseg);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static inline int
+pnfs_commit_list(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *mds_pages, int how)
+{
+	if (!test_and_clear_bit(NFS_INO_PNFS_COMMIT, &NFS_I(inode)->flags))
+		return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
+	return NFS_SERVER(inode)->pnfs_curr_ld->commit_pagelist(inode, mds_pages, how);
+}
+
+static inline struct list_head *
+pnfs_choose_commit_list(struct nfs_page *req, struct list_head *mds)
+{
+	struct list_head *rv;
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_PNFS_COMMIT, &req->wb_flags)) {
+		struct inode *inode = req->wb_commit_lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode;
+
+		set_bit(NFS_INO_PNFS_COMMIT, &NFS_I(inode)->flags);
+		rv = NFS_SERVER(inode)->pnfs_curr_ld->choose_commit_list(req);
+		/* matched by ref taken when PG_PNFS_COMMIT is set */
+		put_lseg(req->wb_commit_lseg);
+	} else
+		rv = mds;
+	return rv;
+}
+
+static inline void pnfs_clear_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_PNFS_COMMIT, &req->wb_flags))
+		put_lseg(req->wb_commit_lseg);
+}
+
 #else  /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 
 static inline void pnfs_destroy_all_layouts(struct nfs_client *clp)
@@ -252,6 +304,27 @@ pnfs_pageio_init_write(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio, struct inode *ino)
 	pgio->pg_test = NULL;
 }
 
+static inline void
+pnfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req, struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int
+pnfs_commit_list(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *mds_pages, int how)
+{
+	return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
+}
+
+static inline struct list_head *
+pnfs_choose_commit_list(struct nfs_page *req, struct list_head *mds)
+{
+	return mds;
+}
+
+static inline void pnfs_clear_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 
 #endif /* FS_NFS_PNFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index f5f005e9db48..6927a18b6891 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ nfs_mark_request_dirty(struct nfs_page *req)
  * Add a request to the inode's commit list.
  */
 static void
-nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
+nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req, struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = req->wb_context->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
 			NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
 	nfsi->ncommit++;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	pnfs_mark_request_commit(req, lseg);
 	inc_zone_page_state(req->wb_page, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
 	inc_bdi_stat(req->wb_page->mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
@@ -481,10 +482,11 @@ int nfs_write_need_commit(struct nfs_write_data *data)
 }
 
 static inline
-int nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(struct nfs_page *req)
+int nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(struct nfs_page *req,
+				  struct nfs_write_data *data)
 {
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_NEED_COMMIT, &req->wb_flags)) {
-		nfs_mark_request_commit(req);
+		nfs_mark_request_commit(req, data->lseg);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_NEED_RESCHED, &req->wb_flags)) {
@@ -495,7 +497,7 @@ int nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(struct nfs_page *req)
 }
 #else
 static inline void
-nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
+nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req, struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 }
 
@@ -512,7 +514,8 @@ int nfs_write_need_commit(struct nfs_write_data *data)
 }
 
 static inline
-int nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(struct nfs_page *req)
+int nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(struct nfs_page *req,
+				  struct nfs_write_data *data)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -615,9 +618,11 @@ static struct nfs_page *nfs_try_to_update_request(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	if (nfs_clear_request_commit(req) &&
-			radix_tree_tag_clear(&NFS_I(inode)->nfs_page_tree,
-				req->wb_index, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT) != NULL)
+	    radix_tree_tag_clear(&NFS_I(inode)->nfs_page_tree,
+				 req->wb_index, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT) != NULL) {
 		NFS_I(inode)->ncommit--;
+		pnfs_clear_request_commit(req);
+	}
 
 	/* Okay, the request matches. Update the region */
 	if (offset < req->wb_offset) {
@@ -765,11 +770,12 @@ int nfs_updatepage(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void nfs_writepage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
+static void nfs_writepage_release(struct nfs_page *req,
+				  struct nfs_write_data *data)
 {
 	struct page *page = req->wb_page;
 
-	if (PageError(req->wb_page) || !nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(req))
+	if (PageError(req->wb_page) || !nfs_reschedule_unstable_write(req, data))
 		nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
 	nfs_clear_page_tag_locked(req);
 	nfs_end_page_writeback(page);
@@ -1087,7 +1093,7 @@ static void nfs_writeback_release_partial(void *calldata)
 
 out:
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&req->wb_complete))
-		nfs_writepage_release(req);
+		nfs_writepage_release(req, data);
 	nfs_writedata_release(calldata);
 }
 
@@ -1154,7 +1160,7 @@ static void nfs_writeback_release_full(void *calldata)
 
 		if (nfs_write_need_commit(data)) {
 			memcpy(&req->wb_verf, &data->verf, sizeof(req->wb_verf));
-			nfs_mark_request_commit(req);
+			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, data->lseg);
 			dprintk(" marked for commit\n");
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -1357,14 +1363,15 @@ static void nfs_init_commit(struct nfs_write_data *data,
 	nfs_fattr_init(&data->fattr);
 }
 
-static void nfs_retry_commit(struct list_head *page_list)
+static void nfs_retry_commit(struct list_head *page_list,
+		      struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *req;
 
 	while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
 		req = nfs_list_entry(page_list->next);
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
-		nfs_mark_request_commit(req);
+		nfs_mark_request_commit(req, lseg);
 		dec_zone_page_state(req->wb_page, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
 		dec_bdi_stat(req->wb_page->mapping->backing_dev_info,
 			     BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
@@ -1389,7 +1396,7 @@ nfs_commit_list(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *head, int how)
 	nfs_init_commit(data, head);
 	return nfs_initiate_commit(data, NFS_CLIENT(inode), data->mds_ops, how);
  out_bad:
-	nfs_retry_commit(head);
+	nfs_retry_commit(head, NULL);
 	nfs_commit_clear_lock(NFS_I(inode));
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
@@ -1477,7 +1484,11 @@ int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 	res = nfs_scan_commit(inode, &head, 0, 0);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (res) {
-		int error = nfs_commit_list(inode, &head, how);
+		int error;
+
+		error = pnfs_commit_list(inode, &head, how);
+		if (error == PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED)
+			error = nfs_commit_list(inode, &head, how);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 		if (!may_wait)
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 4179c368844b..eddda6ce7c42 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 #define NFS_INO_FSCACHE		(5)		/* inode can be cached by FS-Cache */
 #define NFS_INO_FSCACHE_LOCK	(6)		/* FS-Cache cookie management lock */
 #define NFS_INO_COMMIT		(7)		/* inode is committing unstable writes */
+#define NFS_INO_PNFS_COMMIT	(8)		/* use pnfs code for commit */
 
 static inline struct nfs_inode *NFS_I(const struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 92d54c81f51e..8023e4e25133 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@ enum {
 	PG_CLEAN,
 	PG_NEED_COMMIT,
 	PG_NEED_RESCHED,
+	PG_PNFS_COMMIT,
 };
 
 struct nfs_inode;
 struct nfs_page {
-	struct list_head	wb_list;	/* Defines state of page: */
+	union {
+		struct list_head	wb_list;	/* Defines state of page: */
+		struct pnfs_layout_segment *wb_commit_lseg; /* Used when PG_PNFS_COMMIT set */
+	};
 	struct page		*wb_page;	/* page to read in/write out */
 	struct nfs_open_context	*wb_context;	/* File state context info */
 	struct nfs_lock_context	*wb_lock_context;	/* lock context info */