diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index a8f512b44a85..d0833fa69faf 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -58,8 +58,21 @@ static void v9fs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
  */
 static int v9fs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	struct p9_fid *fid = file->private_data;
 
+	BUG_ON(!fid);
+
+	/* we might need to read from a fid that was opened write-only
+	 * for read-modify-write of page cache, use the writeback fid
+	 * for that */
+	if (rreq->origin == NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE &&
+			(fid->mode & O_ACCMODE) == O_WRONLY) {
+		fid = v9inode->writeback_fid;
+		BUG_ON(!fid);
+	}
+
 	refcount_inc(&fid->count);
 	rreq->netfs_priv = fid;
 	return 0;