int                     err = 0;
        int                     stable = *stablep;
 
+#ifdef MSNFS
        err = nfserr_perm;
 
-#ifdef MSNFS
        if ((fhp->fh_export->ex_flags & NFSEXP_MSNFS) &&
                (!lock_may_write(file->f_dentry->d_inode, offset, cnt)))
                goto out;
                return err;
        if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
                if (file->f_op && file->f_op->fsync) {
-                       err = nfsd_sync(file);
-                       err = nfserrno(err);
+                       err = nfserrno(nfsd_sync(file));
                } else {
                        err = nfserr_notsupp;
                }
                goto out_nfserr;
 
        if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
-               err = nfsd_sync_dir(dentry);
+               err = nfserrno(nfsd_sync_dir(dentry));
                write_inode_now(dchild->d_inode, 1);
        }
 
                goto out_nfserr;
 
        if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
-               err = nfsd_sync_dir(dentry);
-               if (err)
-                       err = nfserrno(err);
+               err = nfserrno(nfsd_sync_dir(dentry));
                /* setattr will sync the child (or not) */
        }
 
        if ((iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) != 0) {
                int err2 = nfsd_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap, 0, (time_t)0);
                if (err2)
-                       err = nfserrno(err2);
+                       err = err2;
        }
 
        /*
        err = vfs_link(dold, dirp, dnew);
        if (!err) {
                if (EX_ISSYNC(ffhp->fh_export)) {
-                       err = nfsd_sync_dir(ddir);
+                       err = nfserrno(nfsd_sync_dir(ddir));
                        write_inode_now(dest, 1);
-                       if (err)
-                               err = nfserrno(err);
                }
        } else {
                if (err == -EXDEV && rqstp->rq_vers == 2)