diff --git a/patches.suse/NFS-Fix-direct-WRITE-throughput-regression.patch b/patches.suse/NFS-Fix-direct-WRITE-throughput-regression.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8106ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches.suse/NFS-Fix-direct-WRITE-throughput-regression.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
+Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 14:14:40 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] NFS: Fix direct WRITE throughput regression
+Git-commit: ba838a75e73f55a780f1ee896b8e3ecb032dba0f
+Patch-mainline: v5.8
+References: git-fixes
+
+I measured a 50% throughput regression for large direct writes.
+
+The observed on-the-wire behavior is that the client sends every
+NFS WRITE twice: once as an UNSTABLE WRITE plus a COMMIT, and once
+as a FILE_SYNC WRITE.
+
+This is because the nfs_write_match_verf() check in
+nfs_direct_commit_complete() fails for every WRITE.
+
+Buffered writes use nfs_write_completion(), which sets req->wb_verf
+correctly. Direct writes use nfs_direct_write_completion(), which
+does not set req->wb_verf at all. This leaves req->wb_verf set to
+all zeroes for every direct WRITE, and thus
+nfs_direct_commit_completion() always sets NFS_ODIRECT_RESCHED_WRITES.
+
+This fix appears to restore nearly all of the lost performance.
+
+Fixes: 1f28476dcb98 ("NFS: Fix O_DIRECT commit verifier handling")
+Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
+Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
+Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
+
+---
+ fs/nfs/direct.c |    2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
++++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
+@@ -771,6 +771,8 @@ static void nfs_direct_write_completion(
+ 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
+ 		if (request_commit) {
+ 			kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
++			memcpy(&req->wb_verf, &hdr->verf.verifier,
++			       sizeof(req->wb_verf));
+ 			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, hdr->lseg, &cinfo,
+ 				hdr->ds_commit_idx);
+ 		}
diff --git a/series.conf b/series.conf
index d2cffa2..30c91d9 100644
--- a/series.conf
+++ b/series.conf
@@ -57446,6 +57446,7 @@
 	patches.suse/nfsd-Fix-svc_xprt-refcnt-leak-when-setup-callback-cl.patch
 	patches.suse/crypto-cavium-nitrox-Fix-nitrox_get_first_device-whe.patch
 	patches.suse/net-sunrpc-Fix-off-by-one-issues-in-rpc_ntop6.patch
+	patches.suse/NFS-Fix-direct-WRITE-throughput-regression.patch
 	patches.suse/drm-sun4i-hdmi-ddc-clk-Fix-size-of-m-divider.patch
 	patches.suse/ALSA-usb-audio-Fix-inconsistent-card-PM-state-after-.patch
 	patches.suse/ALSA-usb-audio-Add-vendor-product-and-profile-name-f.patch