diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index 579ce8c..7c9fe83 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 					 struct nfsd3_writeres  *resp)
 {
 	__be32	nfserr;
+	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE(3)    %s %d bytes at %ld%s\n",
 				SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
@@ -215,9 +216,9 @@
 	nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, &resp->fh, NULL,
 				   argp->offset,
 				   rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
-				   argp->len,
+				   &cnt,
 				   &resp->committed);
-	resp->count = argp->count;
+	resp->count = cnt;
 	RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 77f584f..283d77a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
 	struct file *filp = NULL;
 	u32 *p;
 	__be32 status = nfs_ok;
+	unsigned long cnt;
 
 	/* no need to check permission - this will be done in nfsd_write() */
 
@@ -700,7 +701,7 @@
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	write->wr_bytes_written = write->wr_buflen;
+	cnt = write->wr_buflen;
 	write->wr_how_written = write->wr_stable_how;
 	p = (u32 *)write->wr_verifier.data;
 	*p++ = nfssvc_boot.tv_sec;
@@ -708,10 +709,12 @@
 
 	status =  nfsd_write(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, filp,
 			     write->wr_offset, rqstp->rq_vec, write->wr_vlen,
-			     write->wr_buflen, &write->wr_how_written);
+			     &cnt, &write->wr_how_written);
 	if (filp)
 		fput(filp);
 
+	write->wr_bytes_written = cnt;
+
 	if (status == nfserr_symlink)
 		status = nfserr_inval;
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 6f7f263..e298e26 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
 {
 	__be32	nfserr;
 	int	stable = 1;
+	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %d bytes at %d\n",
 		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
 	nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh), NULL,
 				   argp->offset,
 				   rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
-				   argp->len,
+			           &cnt,
 				   &stable);
 	return nfsd_return_attrs(nfserr, resp);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 0c07629..54404d7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
 static __be32
 nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 				loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen,
-	   			unsigned long cnt, int *stablep)
+				unsigned long *cnt, int *stablep)
 {
 	struct svc_export	*exp;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@
 	err = nfserr_perm;
 
 	if ((fhp->fh_export->ex_flags & NFSEXP_MSNFS) &&
-		(!lock_may_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, offset, cnt)))
+		(!lock_may_write(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, offset, *cnt)))
 		goto out;
 #endif
 
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 	host_err = vfs_writev(file, (struct iovec __user *)vec, vlen, &offset);
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 	if (host_err >= 0) {
-		nfsdstats.io_write += cnt;
+		nfsdstats.io_write += host_err;
 		fsnotify_modify(file->f_path.dentry);
 	}
 
@@ -1051,9 +1051,10 @@
 	}
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: write complete host_err=%d\n", host_err);
-	if (host_err >= 0)
+	if (host_err >= 0) {
 		err = 0;
-	else 
+		*cnt = host_err;
+	} else
 		err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -1095,7 +1096,7 @@
  */
 __be32
 nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
-		loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen, unsigned long cnt,
+		loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen, unsigned long *cnt,
 		int *stablep)
 {
 	__be32			err = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 16f7b40..54beda1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 __be32 		nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *, struct file *,
 				loff_t, struct kvec *, int, unsigned long *);
 __be32 		nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,struct file *,
-				loff_t, struct kvec *,int, unsigned long, int *);
+				loff_t, struct kvec *,int, unsigned long *, int *);
 __be32		nfsd_readlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				char *, int *);
 __be32		nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,