diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 8561540ab2db..93fcaf90d6ae 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1972,6 +1972,8 @@ static ssize_t _nfsd_copy_file_range(struct nfsd4_copy *copy,
 			status = filemap_check_wb_err(dst->f_mapping, since);
 		if (!status)
 			set_bit(NFSD4_COPY_F_COMMITTED, &copy->cp_flags);
+		else if (status != -EAGAIN && status != -ESTALE)
+			nfsd_reset_write_verifier(copy->cp_nn);
 	}
 	return bytes_copied;
 }