diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cb0ba9d77a8ecb223384a7fe4c3b8513809ffbaf..1254934de693e316f9dfcecc059b74d88e382492 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4660,7 +4660,6 @@ int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 	}
 
 	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
-	jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, there are no updates running now, and all cached data is
@@ -4672,8 +4671,10 @@ int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 
 	if (val)
 		ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA);
-	else
+	else {
+		jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
 		ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA);
+	}
 	ext4_set_aops(inode);
 
 	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);