diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 94eb450..379450c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1294,9 +1294,10 @@
 void nfs_write_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs_write_data *data = calldata;
-	NFS_PROTO(data->header->inode)->write_rpc_prepare(task, data);
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_BAD, &data->args.context->flags)))
-		rpc_exit(task, -EIO);
+	int err;
+	err = NFS_PROTO(data->header->inode)->write_rpc_prepare(task, data);
+	if (err)
+		rpc_exit(task, err);
 }
 
 void nfs_commit_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)