diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index de49fbb..1af2470 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ module_param(echo_retries, ushort, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(echo_retries, "Number of echo attempts before giving up and "
 			       "reconnecting server. Default: 5. 0 means "
 			       "never reconnect.");
-bool sign_zero_copy;  /* globals init to false automatically */
-module_param(sign_zero_copy, bool, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(sign_zero_copy, "Don't copy pages on write with signing "
-				 "enabled. Default: N");
 extern mempool_t *cifs_sm_req_poolp;
 extern mempool_t *cifs_req_poolp;
 extern mempool_t *cifs_mid_poolp;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 62b7388..39039d0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int CIFSMaxBufSize;  /* max size not including hdr */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_rcv;    /* min size of big ntwrk buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_min_small;  /* min size of small buf pool */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned int cifs_max_pending; /* MAX requests at once to server*/
-GLOBAL_EXTERN bool sign_zero_copy; /* don't copy written pages with signing */
 
 /* reconnect after this many failed echo attempts */
 GLOBAL_EXTERN unsigned short echo_retries;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index b9731c9..91b3335 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -881,6 +881,9 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct cifsFileInfo *open_file,
 	     total_written += bytes_written) {
 		rc = -EAGAIN;
 		while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
+			struct kvec iov[2];
+			unsigned int len;
+
 			if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				/* we could deadlock if we called
 				   filemap_fdatawait from here so tell
@@ -890,31 +893,14 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct cifsFileInfo *open_file,
 				if (rc != 0)
 					break;
 			}
-			if (sign_zero_copy || (pTcon->ses->server &&
-				((pTcon->ses->server->sec_mode &
-				(SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED))
-				== 0))) {
-				struct kvec iov[2];
-				unsigned int len;
-
-				len = min((size_t)cifs_sb->wsize,
-					  write_size - total_written);
-				/* iov[0] is reserved for smb header */
-				iov[1].iov_base = (char *)write_data +
-						  total_written;
-				iov[1].iov_len = len;
-				rc = CIFSSMBWrite2(xid, pTcon,
-						open_file->netfid, len,
-						*poffset, &bytes_written,
-						iov, 1, 0);
-			} else
-				rc = CIFSSMBWrite(xid, pTcon,
-					 open_file->netfid,
-					 min_t(const int, cifs_sb->wsize,
-					       write_size - total_written),
-					 *poffset, &bytes_written,
-					 write_data + total_written,
-					 NULL, 0);
+
+			len = min((size_t)cifs_sb->wsize,
+				  write_size - total_written);
+			/* iov[0] is reserved for smb header */
+			iov[1].iov_base = (char *)write_data + total_written;
+			iov[1].iov_len = len;
+			rc = CIFSSMBWrite2(xid, pTcon, open_file->netfid, len,
+					*poffset, &bytes_written, iov, 1, 0);
 		}
 		if (rc || (bytes_written == 0)) {
 			if (total_written)
@@ -1151,12 +1137,6 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	}
 
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(open_file->tlink);
-	if (!sign_zero_copy && tcon->ses->server->sec_mode &
-			(SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED | SECMODE_SIGN_ENABLED)) {
-		cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
-		kfree(iov);
-		return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
-	}
 	cifsFileInfo_put(open_file);
 
 	xid = GetXid();
@@ -1909,6 +1889,24 @@ static ssize_t cifs_read(struct file *file, char *read_data, size_t read_size,
 	return total_read;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the page is mmap'ed into a process' page tables, then we need to make
+ * sure that it doesn't change while being written back.
+ */
+static int
+cifs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct page *page = vmf->page;
+
+	lock_page(page);
+	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+}
+
+static struct vm_operations_struct cifs_file_vm_ops = {
+	.fault = filemap_fault,
+	.page_mkwrite = cifs_page_mkwrite,
+};
+
 int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int rc, xid;
@@ -1920,6 +1918,7 @@ int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		cifs_invalidate_mapping(inode);
 
 	rc = generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
+	vma->vm_ops = &cifs_file_vm_ops;
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1936,6 +1935,7 @@ int cifs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return rc;
 	}
 	rc = generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
+	vma->vm_ops = &cifs_file_vm_ops;
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
