diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 0b949a06b297..b5f3da346f1d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,9 @@ int nfs_updatepage(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	dprintk("NFS:       nfs_updatepage(%pD2 %d@%lld)\n",
 		file, count, (long long)(page_file_offset(page) + offset));
 
+	if (!count)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (nfs_can_extend_write(file, page, inode)) {
 		count = max(count + offset, nfs_page_length(page));
 		offset = 0;
@@ -1301,7 +1304,7 @@ int nfs_updatepage(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 		nfs_set_pageerror(page);
 	else
 		__set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
-
+out:
 	dprintk("NFS:       nfs_updatepage returns %d (isize %lld)\n",
 			status, (long long)i_size_read(inode));
 	return status;