diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7a7fdb98bbcf..ff6175c9ff35 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 68cd6fa4f3be07ba648e22617dfa16a40d671d19
+refs/heads/master: 71e8cc00c63e8518ce86b4079355fc9086a4869d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
index e83545c4d36f..f30d5c26a763 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_segment(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *de
 			pos += req_len;
 			count -= req_len;
 		}
-	} while (count != 0);
+	} while (count != 0 && result >= 0);
 
 	kfree(pagevec);
 
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_segment(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *d
 				nfs_release_request(req);
 				nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i,
 							 npages - i);
+				break;
 			}
 			pgbase = 0;
 			bytes -= req_len;
@@ -700,7 +701,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_segment(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *d
 			pos += req_len;
 			count -= req_len;
 		}
-	} while (count != 0);
+	} while (count != 0 && result >= 0);
 
 	kfree(pagevec);