diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 5b5f464f6f2a..4a379d7918f2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1890,6 +1890,8 @@ int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 	if (res)
 		error = nfs_generic_commit_list(inode, &head, how, &cinfo);
 	nfs_commit_end(cinfo.mds);
+	if (res == 0)
+		return res;
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto out_error;
 	if (!may_wait)