diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index fc9071081600..d6c142d73d99 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,16 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
 				    ext4_nfs_get_inode);
 }
 
+static int ext4_nfs_commit_metadata(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct writeback_control wbc = {
+		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL
+	};
+
+	trace_ext4_nfs_commit_metadata(inode);
+	return ext4_write_inode(inode, &wbc);
+}
+
 /*
  * Try to release metadata pages (indirect blocks, directories) which are
  * mapped via the block device.  Since these pages could have journal heads
@@ -1406,6 +1416,7 @@ static const struct export_operations ext4_export_ops = {
 	.fh_to_dentry = ext4_fh_to_dentry,
 	.fh_to_parent = ext4_fh_to_parent,
 	.get_parent = ext4_get_parent,
+	.commit_metadata = ext4_nfs_commit_metadata,
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index 698e0d8a5ca4..d68e9e536814 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -226,6 +226,26 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_drop_inode,
 		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->drop)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_nfs_commit_metadata,
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode),
+
+	TP_ARGS(inode),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
+		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->dev	= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+		__entry->ino	= inode->i_ino;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu",
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_mark_inode_dirty,
 	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, unsigned long IP),