write.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -u --recursive --new-file --show-c-function linux-2.6.1-rc1/fs/nfs/write.c linux-2.6.1-01-fix_commit/fs/nfs/write.c
--- linux-2.6.1-rc1/fs/nfs/write.c	2004-01-01 21:22:12.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.1-01-fix_commit/fs/nfs/write.c	2004-01-03 12:27:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -1074,9 +1074,12 @@ int nfs_commit_file(struct inode *inode,
 
 	spin_lock(&nfs_wreq_lock);
 	res = nfs_scan_commit(inode, &head, file, idx_start, npages);
-	spin_unlock(&nfs_wreq_lock);
-	if (res)
+	if (res) {
+		res += nfs_scan_commit(inode, &head, NULL, 0, 0);
+		spin_unlock(&nfs_wreq_lock);
 		error = nfs_commit_list(&head, how);
+	} else
+		spin_unlock(&nfs_wreq_lock);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 	return res;