diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index ae8d02294e462283eb2c421048dc381c8d87bf36..ae0d92736531c4da6ffaa0e8ac33a85287f2b36f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
 
-	if (gfp & __GFP_WAIT)
+	/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
+	if ((gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL)
 		nfs_wb_page(page->mapping->host, page);
 	/* If PagePrivate() is set, then the page is not freeable */
 	if (PagePrivate(page))