--- 6fed6ccbf68949eae40ece1c2506694c770bf729
+++ 99545e263b01d38da1b9a9ad447c6de9f8aeeb2e
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int nfs_do_fsync(struct nfs_open_
 	have_error |= test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags);
 	if (have_error)
 		ret = xchg(&ctx->error, 0);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret && status < 0)
 		ret = status;
 	return ret;
 }