diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index 278aeb074e75..991552724868 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -246,18 +246,38 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		/* See if we can write a whole folio in one go. */
 		if (!maybe_trouble && offset == 0 && part >= flen) {
 			copied = copy_folio_from_iter_atomic(folio, offset, part, iter);
-			if (unlikely(copied == 0))
+			if (likely(copied == part)) {
+				if (finfo) {
+					trace = netfs_whole_folio_modify_filled;
+					goto folio_now_filled;
+				}
+				__netfs_set_group(folio, netfs_group);
+				folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
+				trace = netfs_whole_folio_modify;
+				goto copied;
+			}
+			if (copied == 0)
 				goto copy_failed;
-			if (unlikely(copied < part)) {
+			if (!finfo || copied <= finfo->dirty_offset) {
 				maybe_trouble = true;
 				iov_iter_revert(iter, copied);
 				copied = 0;
 				folio_unlock(folio);
 				goto retry;
 			}
-			__netfs_set_group(folio, netfs_group);
-			folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
-			trace = netfs_whole_folio_modify;
+
+			/* We overwrote some existing dirty data, so we have to
+			 * accept the partial write.
+			 */
+			finfo->dirty_len += finfo->dirty_offset;
+			if (finfo->dirty_len == flen) {
+				trace = netfs_whole_folio_modify_filled_efault;
+				goto folio_now_filled;
+			}
+			if (copied > finfo->dirty_len)
+				finfo->dirty_len = copied;
+			finfo->dirty_offset = 0;
+			trace = netfs_whole_folio_modify_efault;
 			goto copied;
 		}
 
@@ -327,16 +347,10 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 				goto copy_failed;
 			finfo->dirty_len += copied;
 			if (finfo->dirty_offset == 0 && finfo->dirty_len == flen) {
-				if (finfo->netfs_group)
-					folio_change_private(folio, finfo->netfs_group);
-				else
-					folio_detach_private(folio);
-				folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
-				kfree(finfo);
 				trace = netfs_streaming_cont_filled_page;
-			} else {
-				trace = netfs_streaming_write_cont;
+				goto folio_now_filled;
 			}
+			trace = netfs_streaming_write_cont;
 			goto copied;
 		}
 
@@ -350,6 +364,13 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 			goto out;
 		continue;
 
+	folio_now_filled:
+		if (finfo->netfs_group)
+			folio_change_private(folio, finfo->netfs_group);
+		else
+			folio_detach_private(folio);
+		folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
+		kfree(finfo);
 	copied:
 		trace_netfs_folio(folio, trace);
 		flush_dcache_folio(folio);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netfs.h b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
index 0b702f74aefe..aa9940ba307b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/netfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
 	EM(netfs_folio_is_uptodate,		"mod-uptodate")	\
 	EM(netfs_just_prefetch,			"mod-prefetch")	\
 	EM(netfs_whole_folio_modify,		"mod-whole-f")	\
+	EM(netfs_whole_folio_modify_efault,	"mod-whole-f!")	\
+	EM(netfs_whole_folio_modify_filled,	"mod-whole-f+")	\
+	EM(netfs_whole_folio_modify_filled_efault, "mod-whole-f+!") \
 	EM(netfs_modify_and_clear,		"mod-n-clear")	\
 	EM(netfs_streaming_write,		"mod-streamw")	\
 	EM(netfs_streaming_write_cont,		"mod-streamw+")	\