diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 13fe64b4e259..4bd3cff94190 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,9 @@ static int ff_layout_write_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 	    hdr->res.verf->committed == NFS_DATA_SYNC)
 		ff_layout_set_layoutcommit(hdr);
 
+	if (task->tk_status >= 0)
+		nfs_writeback_update_inode(hdr);
+
 	return 0;
 }