diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6307d8de103d..326d9e10d833 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -853,6 +853,11 @@ void put_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_nfs_open_context);
 
+static void put_nfs_open_context_sync(struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
+{
+	__put_nfs_open_context(ctx, 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * Ensure that mmap has a recent RPC credential for use when writing out
  * shared pages
@@ -908,7 +913,7 @@ void nfs_file_clear_open_context(struct file *filp)
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		list_move_tail(&ctx->list, &NFS_I(inode)->open_files);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		__put_nfs_open_context(ctx, filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT ? 0 : 1);
+		put_nfs_open_context_sync(ctx);
 	}
 }