diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 67db89786e7dae77cfdb3bbbc9092e7892393354..0f629571234f001a9576d95bf102d54769c47c37 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -460,11 +460,9 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
 
-	/* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY */
-	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
+	/* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
 	inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
-	inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
-
+	inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
@@ -480,6 +478,15 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
+	 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
+	 * write_inode()
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
+	inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
 	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
 		int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);