diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 209263c0c537..3bddf5332b6d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -791,12 +791,9 @@ int nfs_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		goto out_no_update;
 
 	/* Flush out writes to the server in order to update c/mtime.  */
-	if ((request_mask & (STATX_CTIME|STATX_MTIME)) &&
-			S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-		err = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	if ((request_mask & (STATX_CTIME | STATX_MTIME)) &&
+	    S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
 
 	/*
 	 * We may force a getattr if the user cares about atime.