diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index cc232d1f16f2..b1130dc200d2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ static int nfs_do_recoalesce(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
 
 	do {
 		list_splice_init(&mirror->pg_list, &head);
+		mirror->pg_recoalesce = 0;
 
 		while (!list_empty(&head)) {
 			struct nfs_page *req;