diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 7086d5677ed3..4899b85f9b3c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_fsync);
  * then a modify/write/read cycle when writing to a page in the
  * page cache.
  *
+ * Some pNFS layout drivers can only read/write at a certain block
+ * granularity like all block devices and therefore we must perform
+ * read/modify/write whenever a page hasn't read yet and the data
+ * to be written there is not aligned to a block boundary and/or
+ * smaller than the block size.
+ *
  * The modify/write/read cycle may occur if a page is read before
  * being completely filled by the writer.  In this situation, the
  * page must be completely written to stable storage on the server
@@ -291,26 +297,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_file_fsync);
  * and that the new data won't completely replace the old data in
  * that range of the file.
  */
-static int nfs_want_read_modify_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len)
+static bool nfs_full_page_write(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned int pglen = nfs_page_length(page);
 	unsigned int offset = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 	unsigned int end = offset + len;
 
-	if (pnfs_ld_read_whole_page(file->f_mapping->host)) {
-		if (!PageUptodate(page) && !PagePrivate(page))
-			return 1;
-		return 0;
-	}
+	return !pglen || (end >= pglen && !offset);
+}
 
-	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) &&	/* open for read? */
-	    !PageUptodate(page) &&		/* Uptodate? */
-	    !PagePrivate(page) &&		/* i/o request already? */
-	    pglen &&				/* valid bytes of file? */
-	    (end < pglen || offset))		/* replace all valid bytes? */
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+static bool nfs_want_read_modify_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
+			loff_t pos, unsigned int len)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Up-to-date pages, those with ongoing or full-page write
+	 * don't need read/modify/write
+	 */
+	if (PageUptodate(page) || PagePrivate(page) ||
+	    nfs_full_page_write(page, pos, len))
+		return false;
+
+	if (pnfs_ld_read_whole_page(file->f_mapping->host))
+		return true;
+	/* Open for reading too? */
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*