diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 71a49c3acabdb26d941fb5fea5ce41e23e72ff2b..119fefef13f3bf8d63ebc9c8a165fabc06f76e3b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 
 	/* Flush out writes to the server in order to update c/mtime */
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		nfs_sync_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0, FLUSH_NOCOMMIT);
+		nfs_wb_nocommit(inode);
 
 	/*
 	 * We may force a getattr if the user cares about atime.
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 667ff27ef23545d4e386a7b627d094dd6d73b57d..75adb8e78db98793e989a896abb12a0522ecbf04 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1325,12 +1325,8 @@ long nfs_sync_mapping_wait(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_contr
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * flush the inode to disk.
- */
-int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode)
+static int nfs_write_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, int how)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info,
 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
@@ -1343,35 +1339,26 @@ int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode)
 	ret = nfs_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
-	ret = nfs_sync_mapping_wait(mapping, &wbc, 0);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		return 0;
+	ret = nfs_sync_mapping_wait(mapping, &wbc, how);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	return 0;
 out:
 	__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int nfs_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t range_start, loff_t range_end, int how)
+/*
+ * flush the inode to disk.
+ */
+int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info,
-		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
-		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
-		.range_start = range_start,
-		.range_end = range_end,
-		.for_writepages = 1,
-	};
-	int ret;
+	return nfs_write_mapping(inode->i_mapping, 0);
+}
 
-	ret = nfs_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-	ret = nfs_sync_mapping_wait(mapping, &wbc, how);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		return 0;
-out:
-	__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
-	return ret;
+int nfs_wb_nocommit(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return nfs_write_mapping(inode->i_mapping, FLUSH_NOCOMMIT);
 }
 
 int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 32bd5d38cdfdb797480c6a6c577ceb5c9d25ec82..15eec27cb60b7a9f729b65584c491facaae92575 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ extern void nfs_writedata_release(void *);
  * return value!)
  */
 extern long nfs_sync_mapping_wait(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *, int);
-extern int nfs_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *, loff_t, loff_t, int);
 extern int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode);
+extern int nfs_wb_nocommit(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 extern int nfs_wb_page_priority(struct inode *inode, struct page* page, int how);
 extern int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);