diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index 041380fe667..6d2dfed1de0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -56,13 +56,20 @@ static int
 nfsd3_proc_getattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_fhandle  *argp,
 					   struct nfsd3_attrstat *resp)
 {
-	int	nfserr;
+	int	err, nfserr;
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: GETATTR(3)  %s\n",
-				SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
+		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
 	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	if (nfserr)
+		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
+
+	err = vfs_getattr(resp->fh.fh_export->ex_mnt,
+			  resp->fh.fh_dentry, &resp->stat);
+	nfserr = nfserrno(err);
+
 	RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index 9147b8524d0..243d94b9653 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -154,37 +154,34 @@ decode_sattr3(u32 *p, struct iattr *iap)
 }
 
 static inline u32 *
-encode_fattr3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp)
+encode_fattr3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp,
+	      struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct vfsmount *mnt = fhp->fh_export->ex_mnt;
 	struct dentry	*dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
-	struct kstat stat;
 	struct timespec time;
 
-	vfs_getattr(mnt, dentry, &stat);
-
-	*p++ = htonl(nfs3_ftypes[(stat.mode & S_IFMT) >> 12]);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.mode);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.nlink);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_ruid(rqstp, stat.uid));
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_rgid(rqstp, stat.gid));
-	if (S_ISLNK(stat.mode) && stat.size > NFS3_MAXPATHLEN) {
+	*p++ = htonl(nfs3_ftypes[(stat->mode & S_IFMT) >> 12]);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->mode);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->nlink);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_ruid(rqstp, stat->uid));
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_rgid(rqstp, stat->gid));
+	if (S_ISLNK(stat->mode) && stat->size > NFS3_MAXPATHLEN) {
 		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) NFS3_MAXPATHLEN);
 	} else {
-		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) stat.size);
+		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) stat->size);
 	}
-	p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, ((u64)stat.blocks) << 9);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) MAJOR(stat.rdev));
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) MINOR(stat.rdev));
+	p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, ((u64)stat->blocks) << 9);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) MAJOR(stat->rdev));
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) MINOR(stat->rdev));
 	if (is_fsid(fhp, rqstp->rq_reffh))
 		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) fhp->fh_export->ex_fsid);
 	else
-		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) huge_encode_dev(stat.dev));
-	p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) stat.ino);
-	p = encode_time3(p, &stat.atime);
+		p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) huge_encode_dev(stat->dev));
+	p = xdr_encode_hyper(p, (u64) stat->ino);
+	p = encode_time3(p, &stat->atime);
 	lease_get_mtime(dentry->d_inode, &time); 
 	p = encode_time3(p, &time);
-	p = encode_time3(p, &stat.ctime);
+	p = encode_time3(p, &stat->ctime);
 
 	return p;
 }
@@ -232,8 +229,14 @@ encode_post_op_attr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
 	if (dentry && dentry->d_inode != NULL) {
-		*p++ = xdr_one;		/* attributes follow */
-		return encode_fattr3(rqstp, p, fhp);
+	        int err;
+		struct kstat stat;
+
+		err = vfs_getattr(fhp->fh_export->ex_mnt, dentry, &stat);
+		if (!err) {
+			*p++ = xdr_one;		/* attributes follow */
+			return encode_fattr3(rqstp, p, fhp, &stat);
+		}
 	}
 	*p++ = xdr_zero;
 	return p;
@@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ nfs3svc_encode_attrstat(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p,
 					struct nfsd3_attrstat *resp)
 {
 	if (resp->status == 0)
-		p = encode_fattr3(rqstp, p, &resp->fh);
+		p = encode_fattr3(rqstp, p, &resp->fh, &resp->stat);
 	return xdr_ressize_check(rqstp, p);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index b45999ff33e..aa7bb41b293 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -152,46 +152,44 @@ decode_sattr(u32 *p, struct iattr *iap)
 }
 
 static inline u32 *
-encode_fattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp)
+encode_fattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp,
+	     struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct vfsmount *mnt = fhp->fh_export->ex_mnt;
 	struct dentry	*dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
-	struct kstat stat;
 	int type;
 	struct timespec time;
 
-	vfs_getattr(mnt, dentry, &stat);
-	type = (stat.mode & S_IFMT);
+	type = (stat->mode & S_IFMT);
 
 	*p++ = htonl(nfs_ftypes[type >> 12]);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.mode);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.nlink);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_ruid(rqstp, stat.uid));
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_rgid(rqstp, stat.gid));
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->mode);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->nlink);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_ruid(rqstp, stat->uid));
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) nfsd_rgid(rqstp, stat->gid));
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(type) && stat.size > NFS_MAXPATHLEN) {
+	if (S_ISLNK(type) && stat->size > NFS_MAXPATHLEN) {
 		*p++ = htonl(NFS_MAXPATHLEN);
 	} else {
-		*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.size);
+		*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->size);
 	}
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.blksize);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->blksize);
 	if (S_ISCHR(type) || S_ISBLK(type))
-		*p++ = htonl(new_encode_dev(stat.rdev));
+		*p++ = htonl(new_encode_dev(stat->rdev));
 	else
 		*p++ = htonl(0xffffffff);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.blocks);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->blocks);
 	if (is_fsid(fhp, rqstp->rq_reffh))
 		*p++ = htonl((u32) fhp->fh_export->ex_fsid);
 	else
-		*p++ = htonl(new_encode_dev(stat.dev));
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.ino);
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.atime.tv_sec);
-	*p++ = htonl(stat.atime.tv_nsec ? stat.atime.tv_nsec / 1000 : 0);
+		*p++ = htonl(new_encode_dev(stat->dev));
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->ino);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->atime.tv_sec);
+	*p++ = htonl(stat->atime.tv_nsec ? stat->atime.tv_nsec / 1000 : 0);
 	lease_get_mtime(dentry->d_inode, &time); 
 	*p++ = htonl((u32) time.tv_sec);
 	*p++ = htonl(time.tv_nsec ? time.tv_nsec / 1000 : 0); 
-	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat.ctime.tv_sec);
-	*p++ = htonl(stat.ctime.tv_nsec ? stat.ctime.tv_nsec / 1000 : 0);
+	*p++ = htonl((u32) stat->ctime.tv_sec);
+	*p++ = htonl(stat->ctime.tv_nsec ? stat->ctime.tv_nsec / 1000 : 0);
 
 	return p;
 }
@@ -199,7 +197,9 @@ encode_fattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp)
 /* Helper function for NFSv2 ACL code */
 u32 *nfs2svc_encode_fattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct svc_fh *fhp)
 {
-	return encode_fattr(rqstp, p, fhp);
+	struct kstat stat;
+	vfs_getattr(fhp->fh_export->ex_mnt, fhp->fh_dentry, &stat);
+	return encode_fattr(rqstp, p, fhp, &stat);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int
 nfssvc_encode_attrstat(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p,
 					struct nfsd_attrstat *resp)
 {
-	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh);
+	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh, &resp->stat);
 	return xdr_ressize_check(rqstp, p);
 }
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ nfssvc_encode_diropres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p,
 					struct nfsd_diropres *resp)
 {
 	p = encode_fh(p, &resp->fh);
-	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh);
+	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh, &resp->stat);
 	return xdr_ressize_check(rqstp, p);
 }
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int
 nfssvc_encode_readres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p,
 					struct nfsd_readres *resp)
 {
-	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh);
+	p = encode_fattr(rqstp, p, &resp->fh, &resp->stat);
 	*p++ = htonl(resp->count);
 	xdr_ressize_check(rqstp, p);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index af7c3c3074b..f83ab4cf426 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -717,27 +717,33 @@ nfsd_close(struct file *filp)
  * As this calls fsync (not fdatasync) there is no need for a write_inode
  * after it.
  */
-static inline void nfsd_dosync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dp,
-			       struct file_operations *fop)
+static inline int nfsd_dosync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dp,
+			      struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dp->d_inode;
 	int (*fsync) (struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
+	int err = nfs_ok;
 
 	filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (fop && (fsync = fop->fsync))
-		fsync(filp, dp, 0);
+		err=fsync(filp, dp, 0);
 	filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
+
+	return nfserrno(err);
 }
 	
 
-static void
+static int
 nfsd_sync(struct file *filp)
 {
+        int err;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	dprintk("nfsd: sync file %s\n", filp->f_dentry->d_name.name);
 	down(&inode->i_sem);
-	nfsd_dosync(filp, filp->f_dentry, filp->f_op);
+	err=nfsd_dosync(filp, filp->f_dentry, filp->f_op);
 	up(&inode->i_sem);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 void
@@ -962,7 +968,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 
 			if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
 				dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", current->pid);
-				nfsd_sync(file);
+				err=nfsd_sync(file);
 			}
 #if 0
 			wake_up(&inode->i_wait);
@@ -1066,7 +1072,7 @@ nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		return err;
 	if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
 		if (file->f_op && file->f_op->fsync) {
-			nfsd_sync(file);
+			err = nfsd_sync(file);
 		} else {
 			err = nfserr_notsupp;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
index 130d4f588a3..3f4f7142bbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ struct nfsd_readdirargs {
 
 struct nfsd_attrstat {
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
+	struct kstat		stat;
 };
 
 struct nfsd_diropres  {
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
+	struct kstat		stat;
 };
 
 struct nfsd_readlinkres {
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ struct nfsd_readlinkres {
 struct nfsd_readres {
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
 	unsigned long		count;
+	struct kstat		stat;
 };
 
 struct nfsd_readdirres {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
index 3c2a71b43ba..a4322741f8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/xdr3.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct nfsd3_setaclargs {
 struct nfsd3_attrstat {
 	__u32			status;
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
+	struct kstat            stat;
 };
 
 /* LOOKUP, CREATE, MKDIR, SYMLINK, MKNOD */