diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1ce364bbb0037698ecf499132a819058de05ecdf..863bfb0eb49254fd9c07f21e27952fb6311e0e88 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -249,10 +249,18 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 
 /*
  * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
+ * Before
+ *         newly dirtied     b_dirty    b_io    b_more_io
+ *         =============>    gf         edc     BA
+ * After
+ *         newly dirtied     b_dirty    b_io    b_more_io
+ *         =============>    g          fBAedc
+ *                                           |
+ *                                           +--> dequeue for IO
  */
 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
 {
-	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev);
+	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
 	move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
 }