diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 1da68d3b1edabdb78c60527f502af5f40d6cf69b..8ea5920fb777576486bee23c6cd029d41f491aa0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -1109,8 +1109,11 @@ static int nfs_do_recoalesce(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
 			nfs_list_remove_request(req);
 			if (__nfs_pageio_add_request(desc, req))
 				continue;
-			if (desc->pg_error < 0)
+			if (desc->pg_error < 0) {
+				list_splice_tail(&head, &mirror->pg_list);
+				mirror->pg_recoalesce = 1;
 				return 0;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	} while (mirror->pg_recoalesce);