diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 9f0d69e65264..66fe885fc19a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static int nfs42_proc_fallocate(struct rpc_message *msg, struct file *filep,
 	exception.inode = inode;
 	exception.state = lock->open_context->state;
 
+	nfs_file_block_o_direct(NFS_I(inode));
 	err = nfs_sync_inode(inode);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;