diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 040a50fd9bf3..29f00da8a0b7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ static int nfs_direct_cmp_commit_data_verf(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 					 data->ds_commit_index);
 
 	/* verifier not set so always fail */
-	if (verfp->committed < 0)
+	if (verfp->committed < 0 || data->res.verf->committed <= NFS_UNSTABLE)
 		return 1;
 
-	return nfs_direct_cmp_verf(verfp, &data->verf);
+	return nfs_direct_cmp_verf(verfp, data->res.verf);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index 602767850b36..1f60ab2535ee 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,7 @@ static int nfs3_xdr_dec_commit3res(struct rpc_rqst *req,
 				   void *data)
 {
 	struct nfs_commitres *result = data;
+	struct nfs_writeverf *verf = result->verf;
 	enum nfs_stat status;
 	int error;
 
@@ -2350,7 +2351,9 @@ static int nfs3_xdr_dec_commit3res(struct rpc_rqst *req,
 	result->op_status = status;
 	if (status != NFS3_OK)
 		goto out_status;
-	error = decode_writeverf3(xdr, &result->verf->verifier);
+	error = decode_writeverf3(xdr, &verf->verifier);
+	if (!error)
+		verf->committed = NFS_FILE_SYNC;
 out:
 	return error;
 out_status:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index ab07db0f07cd..7c0ff1a3b591 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -4316,11 +4316,14 @@ static int decode_write_verifier(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_write_verifi
 
 static int decode_commit(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct nfs_commitres *res)
 {
+	struct nfs_writeverf *verf = res->verf;
 	int status;
 
 	status = decode_op_hdr(xdr, OP_COMMIT);
 	if (!status)
-		status = decode_write_verifier(xdr, &res->verf->verifier);
+		status = decode_write_verifier(xdr, &verf->verifier);
+	if (!status)
+		verf->committed = NFS_FILE_SYNC;
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
index 82af4809b869..8b37e7f8e789 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_rw_release);
 /* Fake up some data that will cause nfs_commit_release to retry the writes. */
 void pnfs_generic_prepare_to_resend_writes(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 {
-	struct nfs_page *first = nfs_list_entry(data->pages.next);
+	struct nfs_writeverf *verf = data->res.verf;
 
 	data->task.tk_status = 0;
-	memcpy(&data->verf.verifier, &first->wb_verf,
-	       sizeof(data->verf.verifier));
-	data->verf.verifier.data[0]++; /* ensure verifier mismatch */
+	memset(&verf->verifier, 0, sizeof(verf->verifier));
+	verf->committed = NFS_UNSTABLE;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_prepare_to_resend_writes);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index f5170bc839aa..913eb37c249b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1837,6 +1837,7 @@ static void nfs_commit_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 
 static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 {
+	const struct nfs_writeverf *verf = data->res.verf;
 	struct nfs_page	*req;
 	int status = data->task.tk_status;
 	struct nfs_commit_info cinfo;
@@ -1864,7 +1865,8 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 
 		/* Okay, COMMIT succeeded, apparently. Check the verifier
 		 * returned by the server against all stored verfs. */
-		if (!nfs_write_verifier_cmp(&req->wb_verf, &data->verf.verifier)) {
+		if (verf->committed > NFS_UNSTABLE &&
+		    !nfs_write_verifier_cmp(&req->wb_verf, &verf->verifier)) {
 			/* We have a match */
 			if (req->wb_page)
 				nfs_inode_remove_request(req);