diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index b540489ea240..936eebd4c56d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -660,15 +660,9 @@ nfsd3_proc_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 				argp->count,
 				(unsigned long long) argp->offset);
 
-	if (argp->offset > NFS_OFFSET_MAX) {
-		resp->status = nfserr_inval;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
 	resp->status = nfsd_commit(rqstp, &resp->fh, argp->offset,
 				   argp->count, resp->verf);
-out:
 	return rpc_success;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index c8e3f81d110e..abfbb6953e89 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1108,42 +1108,61 @@ out:
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V3
-/*
- * Commit all pending writes to stable storage.
+/**
+ * nfsd_commit - Commit pending writes to stable storage
+ * @rqstp: RPC request being processed
+ * @fhp: NFS filehandle
+ * @offset: raw offset from beginning of file
+ * @count: raw count of bytes to sync
+ * @verf: filled in with the server's current write verifier
  *
- * Note: we only guarantee that data that lies within the range specified
- * by the 'offset' and 'count' parameters will be synced.
+ * Note: we guarantee that data that lies within the range specified
+ * by the 'offset' and 'count' parameters will be synced. The server
+ * is permitted to sync data that lies outside this range at the
+ * same time.
  *
  * Unfortunately we cannot lock the file to make sure we return full WCC
  * data to the client, as locking happens lower down in the filesystem.
+ *
+ * Return values:
+ *   An nfsstat value in network byte order.
  */
 __be32
-nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
-               loff_t offset, unsigned long count, __be32 *verf)
+nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, u64 offset,
+	    u32 count, __be32 *verf)
 {
+	u64			maxbytes;
+	loff_t			start, end;
 	struct nfsd_net		*nn;
 	struct nfsd_file	*nf;
-	loff_t			end = LLONG_MAX;
-	__be32			err = nfserr_inval;
-
-	if (offset < 0)
-		goto out;
-	if (count != 0) {
-		end = offset + (loff_t)count - 1;
-		if (end < offset)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	__be32			err;
 
 	err = nfsd_file_acquire(rqstp, fhp,
 			NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_NOT_BREAK_LEASE, &nf);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Convert the client-provided (offset, count) range to a
+	 * (start, end) range. If the client-provided range falls
+	 * outside the maximum file size of the underlying FS,
+	 * clamp the sync range appropriately.
+	 */
+	start = 0;
+	end = LLONG_MAX;
+	maxbytes = (u64)fhp->fh_dentry->d_sb->s_maxbytes;
+	if (offset < maxbytes) {
+		start = offset;
+		if (count && (offset + count - 1 < maxbytes))
+			end = offset + count - 1;
+	}
+
 	nn = net_generic(nf->nf_net, nfsd_net_id);
 	if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
 		errseq_t since = READ_ONCE(nf->nf_file->f_wb_err);
 		int err2;
 
-		err2 = vfs_fsync_range(nf->nf_file, offset, end, 0);
+		err2 = vfs_fsync_range(nf->nf_file, start, end, 0);
 		switch (err2) {
 		case 0:
 			nfsd_copy_boot_verifier(verf, nn);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index b21b76e6b9a8..3cf5a8a13da5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ __be32		do_nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				char *name, int len, struct iattr *attrs,
 				struct svc_fh *res, int createmode,
 				u32 *verifier, bool *truncp, bool *created);
-__be32		nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
-				loff_t, unsigned long, __be32 *verf);
+__be32		nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqst, struct svc_fh *fhp,
+				u64 offset, u32 count, __be32 *verf);
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFSD_V3 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
 __be32		nfsd_getxattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,