diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index af6e806044d7..3ea4f641effc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -963,9 +963,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_revalidate_inode);
 static int nfs_invalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-	
+	int ret;
+
 	if (mapping->nrpages != 0) {
-		int ret = invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			ret = nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				return ret;
+		}
+		ret = invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}