smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
        clear_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags);
        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-       wake_up_all(&req->wb_context->waitq);
+       wake_up_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY);
        nfs_release_request(req);
 }
 
        req->wb_list_head = head;
 }
 
+static int nfs_wait_bit_interruptible(void *word)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       if (signal_pending(current))
+               ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+       else
+               schedule();
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_wait_on_request - Wait for a request to complete.
  * @req: request to wait upon.
 int
 nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-       struct inode    *inode = req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode;
-        struct rpc_clnt        *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(inode);
-
-       if (!NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req))
-               return 0;
-       return nfs_wait_event(clnt, req->wb_context->waitq, !NFS_WBACK_BUSY(req));
+        struct rpc_clnt        *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(req->wb_context->dentry->d_inode);
+       sigset_t oldmask;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       if (!test_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags))
+               goto out;
+       /*
+        * Note: the call to rpc_clnt_sigmask() suffices to ensure that we
+        *       are not interrupted if intr flag is not set
+        */
+       rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldmask);
+       ret = out_of_line_wait_on_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY,
+                       nfs_wait_bit_interruptible, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+       rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldmask);
+out:
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**