diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4b00690a00e2..e177215584d9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1385b8117325e79f74c1e7d1cbf45c789deb85c5
+refs/heads/master: 14546c337588370dced50dcaf43398939be9829e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/file.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/file.c
index aa9b709fd328..8eda8a6644c3 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ nfs_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're holding a write delegation, then just start the i/o
+	 * but don't wait for completion (or send a commit).
+	 */
+	if (nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
+		return filemap_fdatawrite(file->f_mapping);
+
 	/* Flush writes to the server and return any errors */
 	return vfs_fsync(file, 0);
 }