diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c4041d38e52e..7ef12cdd4d5e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 50e1092b3a119bb4660bb6bd2e1749dc2d8ac62e
+refs/heads/master: a5576cfa5cd8d8aa874bd4ee500dc8a2e7cbad18
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 5e8d82f6666b..3c9d16b4f80c 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -894,8 +894,6 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	retval = generic_write_checks(file, &pos, &count, 0);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
-	if (!count)
-		goto out;	/* return 0 */
 
 	retval = -EINVAL;
 	if ((ssize_t) count < 0)