diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index af53c02f473bd5825ccd1abac7d6a748239eef48..93d046c85f5245c9be6a335f4cbc3f2721c8f4c9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 	int err;
 
 	/* Flush out writes to the server in order to update c/mtime */
-	nfs_sync_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0, FLUSH_NOCOMMIT);
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		nfs_sync_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0, FLUSH_NOCOMMIT);
 
 	/*
 	 * We may force a getattr if the user cares about atime.