diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 01ee52551a63..f78115c6c2c1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfs_mount.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_page.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/metrics.h>
@@ -162,6 +163,21 @@ decode_name(struct xdr_stream *xdr, u32 *id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct nfsd_file *
+ff_local_open_fh(struct nfs_client *clp, const struct cred *cred,
+		 struct nfs_fh *fh, fmode_t mode)
+{
+	if (mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
+		/*
+		 * Always request read and write access since this corresponds
+		 * to a rw layout.
+		 */
+		mode |= FMODE_READ;
+	}
+
+	return nfs_local_open_fh(clp, cred, fh, mode);
+}
+
 static bool ff_mirror_match_fh(const struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *m1,
 		const struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *m2)
 {
@@ -237,7 +253,7 @@ static struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *ff_layout_alloc_mirror(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 
 static void ff_layout_free_mirror(struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror)
 {
-	const struct cred	*cred;
+	const struct cred *cred;
 
 	ff_layout_remove_mirror(mirror);
 	kfree(mirror->fh_versions);
@@ -1756,6 +1772,7 @@ ff_layout_read_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = hdr->lseg;
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds;
 	struct rpc_clnt *ds_clnt;
+	struct nfsd_file *localio;
 	struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror;
 	const struct cred *ds_cred;
 	loff_t offset = hdr->args.offset;
@@ -1802,11 +1819,18 @@ ff_layout_read_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	hdr->args.offset = offset;
 	hdr->mds_offset = offset;
 
+	/* Start IO accounting for local read */
+	localio = ff_local_open_fh(ds->ds_clp, ds_cred, fh, FMODE_READ);
+	if (localio) {
+		hdr->task.tk_start = ktime_get();
+		ff_layout_read_record_layoutstats_start(&hdr->task, hdr);
+	}
+
 	/* Perform an asynchronous read to ds */
 	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, ds_cred, ds->ds_clp->rpc_ops,
 			  vers == 3 ? &ff_layout_read_call_ops_v3 :
 				      &ff_layout_read_call_ops_v4,
-			  0, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, NULL);
+			  0, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, localio);
 	put_cred(ds_cred);
 	return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 
@@ -1826,6 +1850,7 @@ ff_layout_write_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr, int sync)
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = hdr->lseg;
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds;
 	struct rpc_clnt *ds_clnt;
+	struct nfsd_file *localio;
 	struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror;
 	const struct cred *ds_cred;
 	loff_t offset = hdr->args.offset;
@@ -1870,11 +1895,19 @@ ff_layout_write_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr, int sync)
 	 */
 	hdr->args.offset = offset;
 
+	/* Start IO accounting for local write */
+	localio = ff_local_open_fh(ds->ds_clp, ds_cred, fh,
+				   FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	if (localio) {
+		hdr->task.tk_start = ktime_get();
+		ff_layout_write_record_layoutstats_start(&hdr->task, hdr);
+	}
+
 	/* Perform an asynchronous write */
 	nfs_initiate_pgio(ds_clnt, hdr, ds_cred, ds->ds_clp->rpc_ops,
 			  vers == 3 ? &ff_layout_write_call_ops_v3 :
 				      &ff_layout_write_call_ops_v4,
-			  sync, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, NULL);
+			  sync, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, localio);
 	put_cred(ds_cred);
 	return PNFS_ATTEMPTED;
 
@@ -1908,6 +1941,7 @@ static int ff_layout_initiate_commit(struct nfs_commit_data *data, int how)
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = data->lseg;
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds;
 	struct rpc_clnt *ds_clnt;
+	struct nfsd_file *localio;
 	struct nfs4_ff_layout_mirror *mirror;
 	const struct cred *ds_cred;
 	u32 idx;
@@ -1946,10 +1980,18 @@ static int ff_layout_initiate_commit(struct nfs_commit_data *data, int how)
 	if (fh)
 		data->args.fh = fh;
 
+	/* Start IO accounting for local commit */
+	localio = ff_local_open_fh(ds->ds_clp, ds_cred, fh,
+				   FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	if (localio) {
+		data->task.tk_start = ktime_get();
+		ff_layout_commit_record_layoutstats_start(&data->task, data);
+	}
+
 	ret = nfs_initiate_commit(ds_clnt, data, ds->ds_clp->rpc_ops,
 				   vers == 3 ? &ff_layout_commit_call_ops_v3 :
 					       &ff_layout_commit_call_ops_v4,
-				   how, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, NULL);
+				   how, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN, localio);
 	put_cred(ds_cred);
 	return ret;
 out_err:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index e028f5a0ef5f..e58bedfb1dcc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 
 	/* connect success, check rsize/wsize limit */
 	if (!status) {
+		/*
+		 * ds_clp is put in destroy_ds().
+		 * keep ds_clp even if DS is local, so that if local IO cannot
+		 * proceed somehow, we can fall back to NFS whenever we want.
+		 */
+		nfs_local_probe(ds->ds_clp);
 		max_payload =
 			nfs_block_size(rpc_max_payload(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient),
 				       NULL);