diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 95dc90570786..348f67c8f322 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static int
 nfs_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(file);
+	errseq_t since;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: flush(%pD2)\n", file);
 
@@ -148,7 +149,9 @@ nfs_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Flush writes to the server and return any errors */
-	return nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	since = filemap_sample_wb_err(file->f_mapping);
+	nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	return filemap_check_wb_err(file->f_mapping, since);
 }
 
 ssize_t
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index fb55c04cdc6b..534b6fd70ffd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int
 nfs4_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(file);
+	errseq_t since;
 
 	dprintk("NFS: flush(%pD2)\n", file);
 
@@ -124,7 +125,9 @@ nfs4_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 		return filemap_fdatawrite(file->f_mapping);
 
 	/* Flush writes to the server and return any errors */
-	return nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	since = filemap_sample_wb_err(file->f_mapping);
+	nfs_wb_all(inode);
+	return filemap_check_wb_err(file->f_mapping, since);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_2