diff -urNp --exclude CVS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude {arch} --exclude .arch-ids x-ref/fs/nfs/write.c x/fs/nfs/write.c
--- x-ref/fs/nfs/write.c	2003-11-28 23:12:44.000000000 +0100
+++ x/fs/nfs/write.c	2003-12-04 19:34:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -258,12 +258,16 @@ do_it:
 	if (NFS_SERVER(inode)->wsize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE && !IS_SYNC(inode) &&
 			inode_referenced) {
 		err = nfs_writepage_async(NULL, inode, page, 0, offset);
-		if (err >= 0)
+		if (likely(err >= 0))
 			err = 0;
+		else
+			SetPageDirty(page);
 	} else {
 		err = nfs_writepage_sync(NULL, inode, page, 0, offset); 
-		if (err == offset)
+		if (likely(err == offset))
 			err = 0;
+		else
+			SetPageDirty(page);
 	}
 	unlock_kernel();
 out: