diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a8693cc50c7ca..ad5114e480097 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -223,8 +223,10 @@ nfs_file_fsync_commit(struct file *file, int datasync)
 int
 nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(file);
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	long save_nredirtied = atomic_long_read(&nfsi->redirtied_pages);
+	long nredirtied;
 	int ret;
 
 	trace_nfs_fsync_enter(inode);
@@ -239,15 +241,10 @@ nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		ret = pnfs_sync_inode(inode, !!datasync);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			break;
-		if (!test_and_clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &ctx->flags))
+		nredirtied = atomic_long_read(&nfsi->redirtied_pages);
+		if (nredirtied == save_nredirtied)
 			break;
-		/*
-		 * If nfs_file_fsync_commit detected a server reboot, then
-		 * resend all dirty pages that might have been covered by
-		 * the NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES flag
-		 */
-		start = 0;
-		end = LLONG_MAX;
+		save_nredirtied = nredirtied;
 	}
 
 	trace_nfs_fsync_exit(inode, ret);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index dc057ab6b30d1..e4524635a129a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ nfs_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs_fh *fh)
 static void nfs_inode_init_regular(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
 {
 	atomic_long_set(&nfsi->nrequests, 0);
+	atomic_long_set(&nfsi->redirtied_pages, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nfsi->commit_info.list);
 	atomic_long_set(&nfsi->commit_info.ncommit, 0);
 	atomic_set(&nfsi->commit_info.rpcs_out, 0);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index cdb29fd235492..be70874bc3292 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1394,10 +1394,12 @@ static void nfs_initiate_write(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
  */
 static void nfs_redirty_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(page_file_mapping(req->wb_page)->host);
+
 	/* Bump the transmission count */
 	req->wb_nio++;
 	nfs_mark_request_dirty(req);
-	set_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &nfs_req_openctx(req)->flags);
+	atomic_long_inc(&nfsi->redirtied_pages);
 	nfs_end_page_writeback(req);
 	nfs_release_request(req);
 }
@@ -1870,7 +1872,7 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 		/* We have a mismatch. Write the page again */
 		dprintk_cont(" mismatch\n");
 		nfs_mark_request_dirty(req);
-		set_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES, &nfs_req_openctx(req)->flags);
+		atomic_long_inc(&NFS_I(data->inode)->redirtied_pages);
 	next:
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
 		/* Latency breaker */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index d0855352cd6fc..71467d661fb66 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 		/* Regular file */
 		struct {
 			atomic_long_t	nrequests;
+			atomic_long_t	redirtied_pages;
 			struct nfs_mds_commit_info commit_info;
 			struct mutex	commit_mutex;
 		};