diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1a7e349fad57..5abf8cf53646 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ad3d2eedf0ed3611f5f86b9e4d0d15cc76c63465
+refs/heads/master: 839f7ad6932d95f4d5ae7267b95c574714ff3d5b
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
index e6ace0d93c71..9943a75bb6d1 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -407,15 +407,18 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 		pos += vec->iov_len;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If no bytes were started, return the error, and let the
+	 * generic layer handle the completion.
+	 */
+	if (requested_bytes == 0) {
+		nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+		return result < 0 ? result : -EIO;
+	}
+
 	if (put_dreq(dreq))
 		nfs_direct_complete(dreq);
-
-	if (requested_bytes != 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (result < 0)
-		return result;
-	return -EIO;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t nfs_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
@@ -841,15 +844,18 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 		pos += vec->iov_len;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If no bytes were started, return the error, and let the
+	 * generic layer handle the completion.
+	 */
+	if (requested_bytes == 0) {
+		nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+		return result < 0 ? result : -EIO;
+	}
+
 	if (put_dreq(dreq))
 		nfs_direct_write_complete(dreq, dreq->inode);
-
-	if (requested_bytes != 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (result < 0)
-		return result;
-	return -EIO;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t nfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,