diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index bb85757689b6af513dd556559a407049a1fc9782..5802fa1dab18f4a8aac358bd79f3ae92109daf02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ static inline int ext4_should_order_data(struct inode *inode)
 
 static inline int ext4_should_writeback_data(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		return 0;
 	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL)
 		return 1;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return 0;
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA))
 		return 0;
 	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d47264cafee00e2f95e90460d67c42c2bc1d7656..ad3a7ca21069081d16074f984a826b8d2c292a35 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
 	to = from + len;
 
+	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
+
 	if (copied < len) {
 		if (!PageUptodate(page))
 			copied = 0;
@@ -1699,6 +1701,8 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
+
 	ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, len, NULL,
 				do_journal_get_write_access);