diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 348f67c8f322..387a2cfa7e17 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -583,12 +583,14 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct nfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.page_mkwrite = nfs_vm_page_mkwrite,
 };
 
-static int nfs_need_check_write(struct file *filp, struct inode *inode)
+static int nfs_need_check_write(struct file *filp, struct inode *inode,
+				int error)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
 
 	ctx = nfs_file_open_context(filp);
-	if (nfs_ctx_key_to_expire(ctx, inode))
+	if (nfs_error_is_fatal_on_server(error) ||
+	    nfs_ctx_key_to_expire(ctx, inode))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -599,6 +601,8 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned long written = 0;
 	ssize_t result;
+	errseq_t since;
+	int error;
 
 	result = nfs_key_timeout_notify(file, inode);
 	if (result)
@@ -623,6 +627,7 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	if (iocb->ki_pos > i_size_read(inode))
 		nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping);
 
+	since = filemap_sample_wb_err(file->f_mapping);
 	nfs_start_io_write(inode);
 	result = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (result > 0) {
@@ -641,7 +646,8 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Return error values */
-	if (nfs_need_check_write(file, inode)) {
+	error = filemap_check_wb_err(file->f_mapping, since);
+	if (nfs_need_check_write(file, inode, error)) {
 		int err = nfs_wb_all(inode);
 		if (err < 0)
 			result = err;