--- linux-2.6.12/fs/reiserfs/file.c	2005-06-23 14:59:27.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12-new/fs/reiserfs/file.c	2005-06-23 15:34:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write( stru
 	   so that nobody else can access these until we are done.
 	   We get number of actual blocks needed as a result.*/
 	blocks_to_allocate = reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(inode, pos, num_pages, write_bytes, prepared_pages);
-	if ( blocks_to_allocate < 0 ) {
+	if ( IS_ERROR((const void *)blocks_to_allocate) ) {
 	    res = blocks_to_allocate;
 	    reiserfs_release_claimed_blocks(inode->i_sb, num_pages << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits));
 	    break;
@@ -1363,6 +1363,10 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write( stru
         }
     }
 
+    /* If nothing is written, no need(actually, mustn't) to sync pages, just return res */
+    if( already_written == 0 )
+	    goto out;
+    
     if ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))
 	res = generic_osync_inode(inode, file->f_mapping, OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);