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

--- linux-2.6.5/fs/nfs/direct.c.count	2004-05-14 17:18:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.5/fs/nfs/direct.c	2004-05-17 17:27:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 		if (result <= 0) {
 			if (tot_bytes > 0)
 				break;
-			return result;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		if (tot_bytes == 0)
@@ -336,9 +336,12 @@
 						VERF_SIZE) != 0)
 			goto sync_retry;
 	}
+	result = tot_bytes;
+
+out:
 	nfs_end_data_update_defer(inode);
 
-	return tot_bytes;
+	return result;
 
 sync_retry:
 	wdata.args.stable = NFS_FILE_SYNC;