diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index c807ab93140e..55d01280a609 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ static const struct nfs_pageio_ops objio_pg_write_ops = {
 static struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type objlayout_type = {
 	.id = LAYOUT_OSD2_OBJECTS,
 	.name = "LAYOUT_OSD2_OBJECTS",
-	.flags                   = PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_SETATTR,
+	.flags                   = PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_SETATTR |
+				   PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_ERROR,
 
 	.alloc_layout_hdr        = objlayout_alloc_layout_hdr,
 	.free_layout_hdr         = objlayout_free_layout_hdr,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 8e672a2b2d69..f881a6387942 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,15 @@ void pnfs_ld_write_done(struct nfs_write_data *data)
 		put_lseg(data->lseg);
 		data->lseg = NULL;
 		dprintk("pnfs write error = %d\n", data->pnfs_error);
+		if (NFS_SERVER(data->inode)->pnfs_curr_ld->flags &
+						PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_ERROR) {
+			/* Don't lo_commit on error, Server will needs to
+			 * preform a file recovery.
+			 */
+			clear_bit(NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT,
+				  &NFS_I(data->inode)->flags);
+			pnfs_return_layout(data->inode);
+		}
 	}
 	data->mds_ops->rpc_release(data);
 }
@@ -1267,6 +1276,9 @@ static void pnfs_ld_handle_read_error(struct nfs_read_data *data)
 	put_lseg(data->lseg);
 	data->lseg = NULL;
 	dprintk("pnfs write error = %d\n", data->pnfs_error);
+	if (NFS_SERVER(data->inode)->pnfs_curr_ld->flags &
+						PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_ERROR)
+		pnfs_return_layout(data->inode);
 
 	nfs_pageio_init_read_mds(&pgio, data->inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 1509530cb111..53d593a0a4f2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ enum {
 enum layoutdriver_policy_flags {
 	/* Should the pNFS client commit and return the layout upon a setattr */
 	PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_SETATTR	= 1 << 0,
+	PNFS_LAYOUTRET_ON_ERROR		= 1 << 1,
 };
 
 struct nfs4_deviceid_node;