diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index b691b893a848..f0a81e631ae6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,11 @@ static int cifs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	cFYI(1, ("write_end for page %p from pos %lld with %d bytes",
 		 page, pos, copied));
 
-	if (!PageUptodate(page) && copied == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+	if (PageChecked(page)) {
+		if (copied == len)
+			SetPageUptodate(page);
+		ClearPageChecked(page);
+	} else if (!PageUptodate(page) && copied == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 
 	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
@@ -2062,39 +2066,70 @@ static int cifs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 {
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	loff_t offset = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+	loff_t page_start = pos & PAGE_MASK;
+	loff_t i_size;
+	struct page *page;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	cFYI(1, ("write_begin from %lld len %d", (long long)pos, len));
 
-	*pagep = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
-	if (!*pagep)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	if (!page) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	if (PageUptodate(*pagep))
-		return 0;
+	if (PageUptodate(page))
+		goto out;
 
-	/* If we are writing a full page it will be up to date,
-	   no need to read from the server */
-	if (len == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE && flags & AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
-		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * If we write a full page it will be up to date, no need to read from
+	 * the server. If the write is short, we'll end up doing a sync write
+	 * instead.
+	 */
+	if (len == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * optimize away the read when we have an oplock, and we're not
+	 * expecting to use any of the data we'd be reading in. That
+	 * is, when the page lies beyond the EOF, or straddles the EOF
+	 * and the write will cover all of the existing data.
+	 */
+	if (CIFS_I(mapping->host)->clientCanCacheRead) {
+		i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);
+		if (page_start >= i_size ||
+		    (offset == 0 && (pos + len) >= i_size)) {
+			zero_user_segments(page, 0, offset,
+					   offset + len,
+					   PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+			/*
+			 * PageChecked means that the parts of the page
+			 * to which we're not writing are considered up
+			 * to date. Once the data is copied to the
+			 * page, it can be set uptodate.
+			 */
+			SetPageChecked(page);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_WRONLY) {
-		int rc;
-
-		/* might as well read a page, it is fast enough */
-		rc = cifs_readpage_worker(file, *pagep, &offset);
-
-		/* we do not need to pass errors back
-		   e.g. if we do not have read access to the file
-		   because cifs_write_end will attempt synchronous writes
-		   -- shaggy */
+		/*
+		 * might as well read a page, it is fast enough. If we get
+		 * an error, we don't need to return it. cifs_write_end will
+		 * do a sync write instead since PG_uptodate isn't set.
+		 */
+		cifs_readpage_worker(file, page, &page_start);
 	} else {
 		/* we could try using another file handle if there is one -
 		   but how would we lock it to prevent close of that handle
 		   racing with this read? In any case
 		   this will be written out by write_end so is fine */
 	}
-
-	return 0;
+out:
+	*pagep = page;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops = {