diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index 72e4fa233c52..d2ce0849bb53 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ vm_fault_t netfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct netfs_group *netfs_gr
 
 	if (netfs_folio_group(folio) != netfs_group) {
 		folio_unlock(folio);
-		err = filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping,
-					      folio_pos(folio),
-					      folio_pos(folio) + folio_size(folio));
+		err = filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping,
+					       folio_pos(folio),
+					       folio_pos(folio) + folio_size(folio));
 		switch (err) {
 		case 0:
 			ret = VM_FAULT_RETRY;