diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c7e8b87da5b2..74fb1223c2f5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -912,6 +912,12 @@ void nfs_file_clear_open_context(struct file *filp)
 	if (ctx) {
 		struct inode *inode = d_inode(ctx->dentry);
 
+		/*
+		 * We fatal error on write before. Try to writeback
+		 * every page again.
+		 */
+		if (ctx->error < 0)
+			invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
 		filp->private_data = NULL;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		list_move_tail(&ctx->list, &NFS_I(inode)->open_files);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 313d55402238..68f773dc226e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -711,3 +711,17 @@ static inline u32 nfs_stateid_hash(nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+static inline bool nfs_error_is_fatal(int err)
+{
+	switch (err) {
+	case -ERESTARTSYS:
+	case -EIO:
+	case -ENOSPC:
+	case -EROFS:
+	case -E2BIG:
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 0fb3552ccfbe..580207bc52a5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -904,18 +904,9 @@ send_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 		lseg = nfs4_proc_layoutget(lgp, gfp_flags);
 	} while (lseg == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 
-	if (IS_ERR(lseg)) {
-		switch (PTR_ERR(lseg)) {
-		case -ERESTARTSYS:
-		case -EIO:
-		case -ENOSPC:
-		case -EROFS:
-		case -E2BIG:
-			break;
-		default:
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	} else
+	if (IS_ERR(lseg) && !nfs_error_is_fatal(PTR_ERR(lseg)))
+		lseg = NULL;
+	else
 		pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo,
 				pnfs_iomode_to_fail_bit(range->iomode));
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 0bb580174cb3..eb31e23e7def 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@ void nfs_pageio_reset_read_mds(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_pageio_reset_read_mds);
 
+static void nfs_readpage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(req->wb_context->dentry);
+
+	dprintk("NFS: read done (%s/%llu %d@%lld)\n", inode->i_sb->s_id,
+		(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), req->wb_bytes,
+		(long long)req_offset(req));
+
+	if (nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(req, PG_UNLOCKPAGE)) {
+		if (PageUptodate(req->wb_page))
+			nfs_readpage_to_fscache(inode, req->wb_page, 0);
+
+		unlock_page(req->wb_page);
+	}
+	nfs_release_request(req);
+}
+
 int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 		       struct page *page)
 {
@@ -106,7 +123,10 @@ int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 
 	nfs_pageio_init_read(&pgio, inode, false,
 			     &nfs_async_read_completion_ops);
-	nfs_pageio_add_request(&pgio, new);
+	if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&pgio, new)) {
+		nfs_list_remove_request(new);
+		nfs_readpage_release(new);
+	}
 	nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
 
 	/* It doesn't make sense to do mirrored reads! */
@@ -118,23 +138,6 @@ int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 	return pgio.pg_error < 0 ? pgio.pg_error : 0;
 }
 
-static void nfs_readpage_release(struct nfs_page *req)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(req->wb_context->dentry);
-
-	dprintk("NFS: read done (%s/%llu %d@%lld)\n", inode->i_sb->s_id,
-		(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), req->wb_bytes,
-		(long long)req_offset(req));
-
-	if (nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(req, PG_UNLOCKPAGE)) {
-		if (PageUptodate(req->wb_page))
-			nfs_readpage_to_fscache(inode, req->wb_page, 0);
-
-		unlock_page(req->wb_page);
-	}
-	nfs_release_request(req);
-}
-
 static void nfs_page_group_set_uptodate(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
 	if (nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(req, PG_UPTODATE))
@@ -361,6 +364,8 @@ readpage_async_filler(void *data, struct page *page)
 	if (len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		zero_user_segment(page, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 	if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(desc->pgio, new)) {
+		nfs_list_remove_request(new);
+		nfs_readpage_release(new);
 		error = desc->pgio->pg_error;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 7b9316406930..9dafb08ddae5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -545,6 +545,15 @@ try_again:
 	return head;
 }
 
+static void nfs_write_error_remove_page(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+	nfs_unlock_request(req);
+	nfs_end_page_writeback(req);
+	nfs_release_request(req);
+	generic_error_remove_page(page_file_mapping(req->wb_page),
+				  req->wb_page);
+}
+
 /*
  * Find an associated nfs write request, and prepare to flush it out
  * May return an error if the user signalled nfs_wait_on_request().
@@ -567,8 +576,19 @@ static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 
 	ret = 0;
 	if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(pgio, req)) {
-		nfs_redirty_request(req);
 		ret = pgio->pg_error;
+		/*
+		 * Remove the problematic req upon fatal errors,
+		 * while other dirty pages can still be around
+		 * until they get flushed.
+		 */
+		if (nfs_error_is_fatal(ret)) {
+			nfs_context_set_write_error(req->wb_context, ret);
+			nfs_write_error_remove_page(req);
+		} else {
+			nfs_redirty_request(req);
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+		}
 	} else
 		nfs_add_stats(page_file_mapping(page)->host,
 				NFSIOS_WRITEPAGES, 1);