diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 47d892a1d363..ee88f0a6e7b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -528,10 +528,9 @@ nfs_direct_write_scan_commit_list(struct inode *inode,
 static void nfs_direct_write_reschedule(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 {
 	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor desc;
-	struct nfs_page *req, *tmp;
+	struct nfs_page *req;
 	LIST_HEAD(reqs);
 	struct nfs_commit_info cinfo;
-	LIST_HEAD(failed);
 
 	nfs_init_cinfo_from_dreq(&cinfo, dreq);
 	nfs_direct_write_scan_commit_list(dreq->inode, &reqs, &cinfo);
@@ -549,27 +548,36 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_reschedule(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 			      &nfs_direct_write_completion_ops);
 	desc.pg_dreq = dreq;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &reqs, wb_list) {
+	while (!list_empty(&reqs)) {
+		req = nfs_list_entry(reqs.next);
 		/* Bump the transmission count */
 		req->wb_nio++;
 		if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
-			nfs_list_move_request(req, &failed);
 			spin_lock(&cinfo.inode->i_lock);
-			dreq->flags = 0;
-			if (desc.pg_error < 0)
+			if (dreq->error < 0) {
+				desc.pg_error = dreq->error;
+			} else if (desc.pg_error != -EAGAIN) {
+				dreq->flags = 0;
+				if (!desc.pg_error)
+					desc.pg_error = -EIO;
 				dreq->error = desc.pg_error;
-			else
-				dreq->error = -EIO;
+			} else
+				dreq->flags = NFS_ODIRECT_RESCHED_WRITES;
 			spin_unlock(&cinfo.inode->i_lock);
+			break;
 		}
 		nfs_release_request(req);
 	}
 	nfs_pageio_complete(&desc);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&failed)) {
-		req = nfs_list_entry(failed.next);
+	while (!list_empty(&reqs)) {
+		req = nfs_list_entry(reqs.next);
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
+		if (desc.pg_error == -EAGAIN)
+			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, NULL, &cinfo, 0);
+		else
+			nfs_release_request(req);
 	}
 
 	if (put_dreq(dreq))
@@ -794,9 +802,11 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 {
 	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor desc;
 	struct inode *inode = dreq->inode;
+	struct nfs_commit_info cinfo;
 	ssize_t result = 0;
 	size_t requested_bytes = 0;
 	size_t wsize = max_t(size_t, NFS_SERVER(inode)->wsize, PAGE_SIZE);
+	bool defer = false;
 
 	trace_nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(dreq);
 
@@ -837,17 +847,37 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			nfs_lock_request(req);
-			if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
-				result = desc.pg_error;
-				nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
-				break;
-			}
 			pgbase = 0;
 			bytes -= req_len;
 			requested_bytes += req_len;
 			pos += req_len;
 			dreq->bytes_left -= req_len;
+
+			if (defer) {
+				nfs_mark_request_commit(req, NULL, &cinfo, 0);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			nfs_lock_request(req);
+			if (nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req))
+				continue;
+
+			/* Exit on hard errors */
+			if (desc.pg_error < 0 && desc.pg_error != -EAGAIN) {
+				result = desc.pg_error;
+				nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/* If the error is soft, defer remaining requests */
+			nfs_init_cinfo_from_dreq(&cinfo, dreq);
+			spin_lock(&cinfo.inode->i_lock);
+			dreq->flags = NFS_ODIRECT_RESCHED_WRITES;
+			spin_unlock(&cinfo.inode->i_lock);
+			nfs_unlock_request(req);
+			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, NULL, &cinfo, 0);
+			desc.pg_error = 0;
+			defer = true;
 		}
 		nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages);
 		kvfree(pagevec);