diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index baf8b05..44ce5c6 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -138,27 +138,6 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void ecryptfs_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	filemap_write_and_wait(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
-}
-
-static const struct vm_operations_struct ecryptfs_file_vm_ops = {
-	.close		= ecryptfs_vma_close,
-	.fault		= filemap_fault,
-};
-
-static int ecryptfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
-	if (!rc)
-		vma->vm_ops = &ecryptfs_file_vm_ops;
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 struct kmem_cache *ecryptfs_file_info_cache;
 
 static int read_or_initialize_metadata(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -311,15 +290,7 @@
 static int
 ecryptfs_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	rc = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
-	rc = vfs_fsync_range(ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file), start, end,
-			     datasync);
-out:
-	return rc;
+	return vfs_fsync(ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file), datasync);
 }
 
 static int ecryptfs_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int flag)
@@ -388,7 +359,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = ecryptfs_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.mmap = ecryptfs_file_mmap,
+	.mmap = generic_file_mmap,
 	.open = ecryptfs_open,
 	.flush = ecryptfs_flush,
 	.release = ecryptfs_release,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 2d4143f..769fb85 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -981,12 +981,6 @@
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-		rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-		if (rc)
-			goto out;
-		fsstack_copy_attr_all(inode, lower_inode);
-	}
 	memcpy(&lower_ia, ia, sizeof(lower_ia));
 	if (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_FILE)
 		lower_ia.ia_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(ia->ia_file);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index a46b3a8..bd1d57f 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -66,18 +66,6 @@
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	/*
-	 * Refuse to write the page out if we are called from reclaim context
-	 * since our writepage() path may potentially allocate memory when
-	 * calling into the lower fs vfs_write() which may in turn invoke
-	 * us again.
-	 */
-	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) {
-		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
-		rc = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	rc = ecryptfs_encrypt_page(page);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Error encrypting "
@@ -498,7 +486,6 @@
 	struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat =
 		&ecryptfs_inode_to_private(ecryptfs_inode)->crypt_stat;
 	int rc;
-	int need_unlock_page = 1;
 
 	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Calling fill_zeros_to_end_of_page"
 			"(page w/ index = [0x%.16lx], to = [%d])\n", index, to);
@@ -519,26 +506,26 @@
 			"zeros in page with index = [0x%.16lx]\n", index);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	set_page_dirty(page);
-	unlock_page(page);
-	need_unlock_page = 0;
+	rc = ecryptfs_encrypt_page(page);
+	if (rc) {
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Error encrypting page (upper "
+				"index [0x%.16lx])\n", index);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (pos + copied > i_size_read(ecryptfs_inode)) {
 		i_size_write(ecryptfs_inode, pos + copied);
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Expanded file size to "
 			"[0x%.16llx]\n",
 			(unsigned long long)i_size_read(ecryptfs_inode));
-		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
-		rc = ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata(ecryptfs_inode);
-		if (rc) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Error writing inode size to metadata; "
-			       "rc = [%d]\n", rc);
-			goto out;
-		}
 	}
-	rc = copied;
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata(ecryptfs_inode);
+	if (rc)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Error writing inode size to metadata; "
+		       "rc = [%d]\n", rc);
+	else
+		rc = copied;
 out:
-	if (need_unlock_page)
-		unlock_page(page);
+	unlock_page(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
 	return rc;
 }