diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index 86c0ac87b8e3..3e5f3a6be90a 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct page_collect {
 	bool read_4_write; /* This means two things: that the read is sync
 			    * And the pages should not be unlocked.
 			    */
+	struct page *that_locked_page;
 };
 
 static void _pcol_init(struct page_collect *pcol, unsigned expected_pages,
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ static void _pcol_init(struct page_collect *pcol, unsigned expected_pages,
 	pcol->length = 0;
 	pcol->pg_first = -1;
 	pcol->read_4_write = false;
+	pcol->that_locked_page = NULL;
 }
 
 static void _pcol_reset(struct page_collect *pcol)
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ static void _pcol_reset(struct page_collect *pcol)
 	pcol->length = 0;
 	pcol->pg_first = -1;
 	pcol->ios = NULL;
+	pcol->that_locked_page = NULL;
 
 	/* this is probably the end of the loop but in writes
 	 * it might not end here. don't be left with nothing
@@ -391,6 +394,8 @@ static int readpage_strip(void *data, struct page *page)
 		EXOFS_ERR("PageUptodate(0x%lx, 0x%lx)\n", pcol->inode->i_ino,
 			  page->index);
 
+	pcol->that_locked_page = page;
+
 	if (page->index < end_index)
 		len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	else if (page->index == end_index)
@@ -560,6 +565,56 @@ static void writepages_done(struct ore_io_state *ios, void *p)
 	EXOFS_DBGMSG2("writepages_done END\n");
 }
 
+static struct page *__r4w_get_page(void *priv, u64 offset, bool *uptodate)
+{
+	struct page_collect *pcol = priv;
+	pgoff_t index = offset / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	if (!pcol->that_locked_page ||
+	    (pcol->that_locked_page->index != index)) {
+		struct page *page = find_get_page(pcol->inode->i_mapping, index);
+
+		if (!page) {
+			page = find_or_create_page(pcol->inode->i_mapping,
+						   index, GFP_NOFS);
+			if (unlikely(!page)) {
+				EXOFS_DBGMSG("grab_cache_page Failed "
+					"index=0x%llx\n", _LLU(index));
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			unlock_page(page);
+		}
+		if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
+			*uptodate = true;
+		else
+			*uptodate = PageUptodate(page);
+		EXOFS_DBGMSG("index=0x%lx uptodate=%d\n", index, *uptodate);
+		return page;
+	} else {
+		EXOFS_DBGMSG("YES that_locked_page index=0x%lx\n",
+			     pcol->that_locked_page->index);
+		*uptodate = true;
+		return pcol->that_locked_page;
+	}
+}
+
+static void __r4w_put_page(void *priv, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct page_collect *pcol = priv;
+
+	if (pcol->that_locked_page != page) {
+		EXOFS_DBGMSG("index=0x%lx\n", page->index);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		return;
+	}
+	EXOFS_DBGMSG("that_locked_page index=0x%lx\n", page->index);
+}
+
+static const struct _ore_r4w_op _r4w_op = {
+	.get_page = &__r4w_get_page,
+	.put_page = &__r4w_put_page,
+};
+
 static int write_exec(struct page_collect *pcol)
 {
 	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(pcol->inode);
@@ -589,6 +644,7 @@ static int write_exec(struct page_collect *pcol)
 	ios = pcol->ios;
 	ios->pages = pcol_copy->pages;
 	ios->done = writepages_done;
+	ios->r4w = &_r4w_op;
 	ios->private = pcol_copy;
 
 	/* pages ownership was passed to pcol_copy */
@@ -773,6 +829,7 @@ static int exofs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
 static int exofs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct page_collect pcol;
@@ -788,7 +845,7 @@ static int exofs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	return write_exec(&pcol);
 }
-
+*/
 /* i_mutex held using inode->i_size directly */
 static void _write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t to)
 {
@@ -894,7 +951,7 @@ static void exofs_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 const struct address_space_operations exofs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= exofs_readpage,
 	.readpages	= exofs_readpages,
-	.writepage	= exofs_writepage,
+	.writepage	= NULL,
 	.writepages	= exofs_writepages,
 	.write_begin	= exofs_write_begin_export,
 	.write_end	= exofs_write_end,