diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index c078826f7fe6..50be8fe3ca43 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -1111,3 +1111,77 @@ int netfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_writepages);
+
+/*
+ * Deal with the disposition of a laundered folio.
+ */
+static void netfs_cleanup_launder_folio(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
+{
+	if (wreq->error) {
+		pr_notice("R=%08x Laundering error %d\n", wreq->debug_id, wreq->error);
+		mapping_set_error(wreq->mapping, wreq->error);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * netfs_launder_folio - Clean up a dirty folio that's being invalidated
+ * @folio: The folio to clean
+ *
+ * This is called to write back a folio that's being invalidated when an inode
+ * is getting torn down.  Ideally, writepages would be used instead.
+ */
+int netfs_launder_folio(struct folio *folio)
+{
+	struct netfs_io_request *wreq;
+	struct address_space *mapping = folio->mapping;
+	struct netfs_folio *finfo = netfs_folio_info(folio);
+	struct netfs_group *group = netfs_folio_group(folio);
+	struct bio_vec bvec;
+	unsigned long long i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);
+	unsigned long long start = folio_pos(folio);
+	size_t offset = 0, len;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (finfo) {
+		offset = finfo->dirty_offset;
+		start += offset;
+		len = finfo->dirty_len;
+	} else {
+		len = folio_size(folio);
+	}
+	len = min_t(unsigned long long, len, i_size - start);
+
+	wreq = netfs_alloc_request(mapping, NULL, start, len, NETFS_LAUNDER_WRITE);
+	if (IS_ERR(wreq)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(wreq);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!folio_clear_dirty_for_io(folio))
+		goto out_put;
+
+	trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_launder);
+
+	_debug("launder %llx-%llx", start, start + len - 1);
+
+	/* Speculatively write to the cache.  We have to fix this up later if
+	 * the store fails.
+	 */
+	wreq->cleanup = netfs_cleanup_launder_folio;
+
+	bvec_set_folio(&bvec, folio, len, offset);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&wreq->iter, ITER_SOURCE, &bvec, 1, len);
+	__set_bit(NETFS_RREQ_UPLOAD_TO_SERVER, &wreq->flags);
+	ret = netfs_begin_write(wreq, true, netfs_write_trace_launder);
+
+out_put:
+	folio_detach_private(folio);
+	netfs_put_group(group);
+	kfree(finfo);
+	netfs_put_request(wreq, false, netfs_rreq_trace_put_return);
+out:
+	folio_wait_fscache(folio);
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_launder_folio);
diff --git a/fs/netfs/main.c b/fs/netfs/main.c
index 8e4db9ff40c4..473f889e1bd1 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/main.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static const char *netfs_origins[nr__netfs_io_origin] = {
 	[NETFS_READPAGE]		= "RP",
 	[NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE]		= "RW",
 	[NETFS_WRITEBACK]		= "WB",
+	[NETFS_LAUNDER_WRITE]		= "LW",
 	[NETFS_UNBUFFERED_WRITE]	= "UW",
 	[NETFS_DIO_READ]		= "DR",
 	[NETFS_DIO_WRITE]		= "DW",
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index 71a70396c2f9..3413d06033ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ enum netfs_io_origin {
 	NETFS_READPAGE,			/* This read is a synchronous read */
 	NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE,		/* This read is to prepare a write */
 	NETFS_WRITEBACK,		/* This write was triggered by writepages */
+	NETFS_LAUNDER_WRITE,		/* This is triggered by ->launder_folio() */
 	NETFS_UNBUFFERED_WRITE,		/* This is an unbuffered write */
 	NETFS_DIO_READ,			/* This is a direct I/O read */
 	NETFS_DIO_WRITE,		/* This is a direct I/O write */
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ int netfs_unpin_writeback(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 void netfs_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode, const void *aux);
 void netfs_invalidate_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset, size_t length);
 bool netfs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp);
+int netfs_launder_folio(struct folio *folio);
 
 /* VMA operations API. */
 vm_fault_t netfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct netfs_group *netfs_group);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netfs.h b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
index 914a24b03d08..cc998798e20a 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/netfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #define netfs_write_traces					\
 	EM(netfs_write_trace_dio_write,		"DIO-WRITE")	\
+	EM(netfs_write_trace_launder,		"LAUNDER  ")	\
 	EM(netfs_write_trace_unbuffered_write,	"UNB-WRITE")	\
 	E_(netfs_write_trace_writeback,		"WRITEBACK")
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 	EM(NETFS_READPAGE,			"RP")		\
 	EM(NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE,		"RW")		\
 	EM(NETFS_WRITEBACK,			"WB")		\
+	EM(NETFS_LAUNDER_WRITE,			"LW")		\
 	EM(NETFS_UNBUFFERED_WRITE,		"UW")		\
 	EM(NETFS_DIO_READ,			"DR")		\
 	E_(NETFS_DIO_WRITE,			"DW")
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_end_copy,		"end-copy")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_filled_gaps,	"filled-gaps")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_kill,		"kill")		\
+	EM(netfs_folio_trace_launder,		"launder")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_mkwrite,		"mkwrite")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_mkwrite_plus,	"mkwrite+")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_read_gaps,		"read-gaps")	\
