diff --git a/fs/nfs/export.c b/fs/nfs/export.c
index d6a6d1ebb8fd..be686b8e0c54 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/export.c
@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ const struct export_operations nfs_export_ops = {
 	.encode_fh = nfs_encode_fh,
 	.fh_to_dentry = nfs_fh_to_dentry,
 	.get_parent = nfs_get_parent,
-	.flags = EXPORT_OP_NOWCC|EXPORT_OP_NOSUBTREECHK|
-		EXPORT_OP_CLOSE_BEFORE_UNLINK|EXPORT_OP_REMOTE_FS|
-		EXPORT_OP_NOATOMIC_ATTR,
+	.flags = EXPORT_OP_NOWCC		|
+		 EXPORT_OP_NOSUBTREECHK		|
+		 EXPORT_OP_CLOSE_BEFORE_UNLINK	|
+		 EXPORT_OP_REMOTE_FS		|
+		 EXPORT_OP_NOATOMIC_ATTR	|
+		 EXPORT_OP_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE,
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
index 9b7082fdd211..a6fa6e980277 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c
@@ -402,13 +402,23 @@ nfsd_file_check_writeback(struct nfsd_file *nf)
 	struct file *file = nf->nf_file;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	if (!file || !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+	/* File not open for write? */
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some filesystems (e.g. NFS) flush all dirty data on close.
+	 * On others, there is no need to wait for writeback.
+	 */
+	if (!(file_inode(file)->i_sb->s_export_op->flags & EXPORT_OP_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE))
+		return false;
+
 	mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	return mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY) ||
 		mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
 }
 
+
 static bool nfsd_file_lru_add(struct nfsd_file *nf)
 {
 	set_bit(NFSD_FILE_REFERENCED, &nf->nf_flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 601700fedc91..9edb29101ec8 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct export_operations {
 #define EXPORT_OP_NOATOMIC_ATTR		(0x10) /* Filesystem cannot supply
 						  atomic attribute updates
 						*/
+#define EXPORT_OP_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE	(0x20) /* fs flushes file data on close */
 	unsigned long	flags;
 };