diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index c0dc491537a6..f0bca0e87d0c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 	host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags);
 	if (host_err < 0)
 		goto out_nfserr;
+	*cnt = host_err;
 	nfsdstats.io_write += *cnt;
 	fsnotify_modify(file);