diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index e76a40e..9425118 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -147,17 +147,25 @@
  * @req - request in group that is to be locked
  *
  * this lock must be held if modifying the page group list
+ *
+ * returns result from wait_on_bit_lock: 0 on success, < 0 on error
  */
-void
-nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *req)
+int
+nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *req, bool wait)
 {
 	struct nfs_page *head = req->wb_head;
+	int ret;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(head != head->wb_head);
 
-	wait_on_bit_lock(&head->wb_flags, PG_HEADLOCK,
+	do {
+		ret = wait_on_bit_lock(&head->wb_flags, PG_HEADLOCK,
 			nfs_wait_bit_uninterruptible,
 			TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	} while (wait && ret != 0);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret > 0);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@
 {
 	bool ret;
 
-	nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+	nfs_page_group_lock(req, true);
 	ret = nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit_locked(req, bit);
 	nfs_page_group_unlock(req);
 
@@ -858,8 +866,13 @@
 	struct nfs_page *subreq;
 	unsigned int bytes_left = 0;
 	unsigned int offset, pgbase;
+	int ret;
 
-	nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+	ret = nfs_page_group_lock(req, false);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		desc->pg_error = ret;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	subreq = req;
 	bytes_left = subreq->wb_bytes;
@@ -881,7 +894,11 @@
 			if (desc->pg_recoalesce)
 				return 0;
 			/* retry add_request for this subreq */
-			nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+			ret = nfs_page_group_lock(req, false);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				desc->pg_error = ret;
+				return 0;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index d357728e..8d1ed2b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 	unsigned int pos = 0;
 	unsigned int len = nfs_page_length(req->wb_page);
 
-	nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+	nfs_page_group_lock(req, true);
 
 	do {
 		tmp = nfs_page_group_search_locked(req->wb_head, pos);
@@ -456,7 +456,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/* lock each request in the page group */
-	nfs_page_group_lock(head);
+	ret = nfs_page_group_lock(head, false);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	subreq = head;
 	do {
 		/*
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 4b48548..291924c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 extern  int nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *);
 extern	void nfs_unlock_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 extern	void nfs_unlock_and_release_request(struct nfs_page *);
-extern void nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *);
+extern int nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *, bool);
 extern void nfs_page_group_unlock(struct nfs_page *);
 extern bool nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(struct nfs_page *, unsigned int);