diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index c81c61971625d8..87f5b7b971caa3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ nfs42_layoutstat_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 			pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid(lo, &head);
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			pnfs_free_lseg_list(&head);
+			nfs_commit_inode(inode, 0);
 		} else
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c2b82caa9068cc..158c3d52146f16 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -8330,6 +8330,7 @@ nfs4_layoutget_handle_exception(struct rpc_task *task,
 		 */
 		pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid(lo, &head);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		nfs_commit_inode(inode, 0);
 		pnfs_free_lseg_list(&head);
 		status = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 6c2e4c73684c35..140ecd7d350fa5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ pnfs_destroy_layout(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
 		pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo, NFS_LAYOUT_RW_FAILED);
 		spin_unlock(&nfsi->vfs_inode.i_lock);
 		pnfs_free_lseg_list(&tmp_list);
+		nfs_commit_inode(&nfsi->vfs_inode, 0);
 		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 	} else
 		spin_unlock(&nfsi->vfs_inode.i_lock);
@@ -1989,6 +1990,8 @@ pnfs_layout_process(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp)
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	lseg->pls_layout = lo;
 	NFS_SERVER(ino)->pnfs_curr_ld->free_lseg(lseg);
+	if (!pnfs_layout_is_valid(lo))
+		nfs_commit_inode(ino, 0);
 	return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 }