diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index ae8d022..ae0d927 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@
 {
 	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))