diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 3dbf811d3c517232e4ebbff5f6970d34d8f518ca..21e60b1e2ff41b1c27e98ebad68e5f4b0ccb7f42 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void __ib_umem_release(struct ib_device *dev, struct ib_umem *umem, int d
 	for_each_sg(umem->sg_head.sgl, sg, umem->npages, i) {
 
 		page = sg_page(sg);
-		if (umem->writable && dirty)
+		if (!PageDirty(page) && umem->writable && dirty)
 			set_page_dirty_lock(page);
 		put_page(page);
 	}