diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 2970e35fd03f0fb6c3f178eca78b30166eeb6450..eb277bdd4c5d7b9a74b5588b12e7bcd0c53ea5b5 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -868,9 +868,10 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int done = 0;
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	int nr_pages;
+	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
 	pgoff_t index;
 	pgoff_t end;		/* Inclusive */
-	int scanned = 0;
+	int cycled;
 	int range_whole = 0;
 	long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
 
@@ -881,14 +882,19 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
-		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
+		writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
+		index = writeback_index;
+		if (index == 0)
+			cycled = 1;
+		else
+			cycled = 0;
 		end = -1;
 	} else {
 		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
 			range_whole = 1;
-		scanned = 1;
+		cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
 	}
 retry:
 	while (!done && (index <= end) &&
@@ -897,7 +903,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 					      min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1))) {
 		unsigned i;
 
-		scanned = 1;
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
 
@@ -915,7 +920,11 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
+			if (page->index > end) {
+				/*
+				 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
+				 * end == -1 in that case.
+				 */
 				done = 1;
 				unlock_page(page);
 				continue;
@@ -946,13 +955,15 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		pagevec_release(&pvec);
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	if (!scanned && !done) {
+	if (!cycled) {
 		/*
+		 * range_cyclic:
 		 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
 		 * back to the start of the file
 		 */
-		scanned = 1;
+		cycled = 1;
 		index = 0;
+		end = writeback_index - 1;
 		goto retry;
 	}
 	if (!wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update) {