diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 577277572c43..d03d4bcad2d9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b6dff26a08189932eeb0fa4261e09e733b0fc540
+refs/heads/master: eda3cef8dd2b83875affe82595db9d0c278879b2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 9f7f8b9ea1e2..1e873fcab947 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -532,10 +532,12 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_result(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 
 	spin_lock(&dreq->lock);
 
-	if (likely(status >= 0))
-		dreq->count += data->res.count;
-	else
-		dreq->error = task->tk_status;
+	if (unlikely(status < 0)) {
+		dreq->error = status;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	dreq->count += data->res.count;
 
 	if (data->res.verf->committed != NFS_FILE_SYNC) {
 		switch (dreq->flags) {
@@ -550,7 +552,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_result(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 				}
 		}
 	}
-
+out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&dreq->lock);
 }