diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index b5edc6e4bab9810f7fa80a3dab6619795a29b114..cf20e1fe7782d485264101d64f3dea4d5a38bb20 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1339,8 +1339,11 @@ static int mpage_da_submit_io(struct mpage_da_data *mpd,
 					clear_buffer_unwritten(bh);
 				}
 
-				/* skip page if block allocation undone */
-				if (buffer_delay(bh) || buffer_unwritten(bh))
+				/*
+				 * skip page if block allocation undone and
+				 * block is dirty
+				 */
+				if (ext4_bh_delay_or_unwritten(NULL, bh))
 					skip_page = 1;
 				bh = bh->b_this_page;
 				block_start += bh->b_size;