Index: sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clbio.c
===================================================================
--- sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clbio.c
+++ sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clbio.c
@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@
 		printf("ncl_putpages: called on noncache-able vnode\n");
 		mtx_lock(&np->n_mtx);
 	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-		rtvals[i] = VM_PAGER_ERROR;
-
 	/*
 	 * When putting pages, do not extend file past EOF.
 	 */
@@ -320,6 +316,9 @@
 	}
 	mtx_unlock(&np->n_mtx);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
+		rtvals[i] = VM_PAGER_ERROR;
+
 	VM_CNT_INC(v_vnodeout);
 	VM_CNT_ADD(v_vnodepgsout, count);
 
@@ -337,8 +336,10 @@
 	    cred);
 	crfree(cred);
 
-	if (error == 0 || !nfs_keep_dirty_on_error)
-		vnode_pager_undirty_pages(pages, rtvals, count - uio.uio_resid);
+	if (error == 0 || !nfs_keep_dirty_on_error) {
+		vnode_pager_undirty_pages(pages, rtvals, count - uio.uio_resid,
+		    np->n_size - offset, npages * PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
 	return (rtvals[0]);
 }
 
Index: sys/fs/smbfs/smbfs_io.c
===================================================================
--- sys/fs/smbfs/smbfs_io.c
+++ sys/fs/smbfs/smbfs_io.c
@@ -621,9 +621,11 @@
 
 	relpbuf(bp, &smbfs_pbuf_freecnt);
 
-	if (!error)
-		vnode_pager_undirty_pages(pages, rtvals, count - uio.uio_resid);
-	return rtvals[0];
+	if (error == 0) {
+		vnode_pager_undirty_pages(pages, rtvals, count - uio.uio_resid,
+		    npages * PAGE_SIZE, npages * PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
+	return (rtvals[0]);
 #endif /* SMBFS_RWGENERIC */
 }
 
Index: sys/vm/vnode_pager.h
===================================================================
--- sys/vm/vnode_pager.h
+++ sys/vm/vnode_pager.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 int vnode_pager_putpages_ioflags(int pager_flags);
 void vnode_pager_release_writecount(vm_object_t object, vm_offset_t start,
     vm_offset_t end);
-void vnode_pager_undirty_pages(vm_page_t *ma, int *rtvals, int written);
+void vnode_pager_undirty_pages(vm_page_t *ma, int *rtvals, int written,
+    off_t eof, int lpos);
 void vnode_pager_update_writecount(vm_object_t object, vm_offset_t start,
     vm_offset_t end);
 
Index: sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
===================================================================
--- sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
+++ sys/vm/vnode_pager.c
@@ -1315,13 +1315,24 @@
 	return (ioflags);
 }
 
+/*
+ * vnode_pager_undirty_pages().
+ *
+ * A helper to mark pages as clean after pageout that was possibly
+ * done with a short write.  The lpos argument specifies the page run
+ * length in bytes, and the written argument specifies how many bytes
+ * were actually written.  eof is the offset past the last valid byte
+ * in the vnode using the absolute file position of the first byte in
+ * the run as the base from which it is computed.
+ */
 void
-vnode_pager_undirty_pages(vm_page_t *ma, int *rtvals, int written)
+vnode_pager_undirty_pages(vm_page_t *ma, int *rtvals, int written, off_t eof,
+    int lpos)
 {
 	vm_object_t obj;
-	int i, pos;
+	int i, pos, pos_devb;
 
-	if (written == 0)
+	if (written == 0 && eof >= lpos)
 		return;
 	obj = ma[0]->object;
 	VM_OBJECT_WLOCK(obj);
@@ -1335,6 +1346,37 @@
 			vm_page_clear_dirty(ma[i], 0, written & PAGE_MASK);
 		}
 	}
+	if (eof >= lpos) /* avoid truncation */
+		goto done;
+	for (pos = eof, i = OFF_TO_IDX(trunc_page(pos)); pos < lpos; i++) {
+		if (pos != trunc_page(pos)) {
+			/*
+			 * The page contains the last valid byte in
+			 * the vnode, mark the rest of the page as
+			 * clean, potentially making the whole page
+			 * clean.
+			 */
+			pos_devb = roundup2(pos & PAGE_MASK, DEV_BSIZE);
+			vm_page_clear_dirty(ma[i], pos_devb, PAGE_SIZE -
+			    pos_devb);
+
+			/*
+			 * If the page was cleaned, report the pageout
+			 * on it as successful.  msync() no longer
+			 * needs to write out the page, endlessly
+			 * creating write requests and dirty buffers.
+			 */
+			if (ma[i]->dirty == 0)
+				rtvals[i] = VM_PAGER_OK;
+
+			pos = round_page(pos);
+		} else {
+			/* vm_pageout_flush() clears dirty */
+			rtvals[i] = VM_PAGER_BAD;
+			pos += PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+	}
+done:
 	VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(obj);
 }