diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 0e8018bc98808..2689c9e9dc3c2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1530,8 +1530,7 @@ static int ff_layout_commit_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	if (data->verf.committed == NFS_UNSTABLE
-	    && ff_layout_need_layoutcommit(data->lseg))
+	if (ff_layout_need_layoutcommit(data->lseg))
 		pnfs_set_layoutcommit(data->inode, data->lseg, data->lwb);
 
 	return 0;