diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 48d02bea4984460ce6aee906f2cdcea181c11244..5d5ae6f44510a712aa45f622bbd0fb6ee92cbeea 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ enum {
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_FIRST_CLUSTER	0x0010
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_LAST_CLUSTER	0x0020
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RERESERVE_CLUSTER      0x0040
-#define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL      0x0080
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index b1eb4ea2c68a1e85195272410e6552dce5011e86..e42a78170109ea6a132392b4bedbf69ebfe501b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1294,8 +1294,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			if (!ablocks[i])
 				continue;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, ablocks[i], 1,
-					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
-					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL);
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
 		}
 	}
 	kfree(ablocks);
@@ -4330,7 +4329,6 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 			if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
 				fb_flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE;
-			fb_flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, newblock,
 					 EXT4_C2B(sbi, allocated_clusters),
 					 fb_flags);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ebb794fed3a7b9168b7688d5f4de0d1ddefa0c93..b594444e9f945b897f0b844ac683ef2e92e30f64 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2479,7 +2479,7 @@ static int mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			 * is non-zero, a commit should free up blocks.
 			 */
 			if ((err == -ENOMEM) ||
-			    (err == -ENOSPC && EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_free_pending)) {
+			    (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_count_free_clusters(sb))) {
 				if (progress)
 					goto update_disksize;
 				return err;
@@ -2696,6 +2696,9 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	bool give_up_on_write = false;
+	unsigned long retry_warn_ddl = 0;
+
+#define RETRY_WARN_TIMEOUT (30 * HZ)
 
 	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
 		return -EIO;
@@ -2877,6 +2880,15 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		mpd.io_submit.io_end = NULL;
 
 		if (ret == -ENOSPC && sbi->s_journal) {
+			if (!retry_warn_ddl) {
+				retry_warn_ddl = jiffies + RETRY_WARN_TIMEOUT;
+			} else if (time_after(jiffies, retry_warn_ddl)) {
+				retry_warn_ddl = jiffies + RETRY_WARN_TIMEOUT;
+				ext4_warning(inode->i_sb, "There are no free blocks available for writing pages, total free %llu, pending free %u, please delete big files to free space",
+					ext4_count_free_clusters(inode->i_sb),
+					sbi->s_mb_free_pending);
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * Commit the transaction which would
 			 * free blocks released in the transaction
@@ -2885,6 +2897,8 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(sbi->s_journal);
 			ret = 0;
 			continue;
+		} else {
+			retry_warn_ddl = 0;
 		}
 		/* Fatal error - ENOMEM, EIO... */
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 3870dff5f2e76487add26869b63056e31b68091f..fd8464aadf00fd4edf79ab67e8cf89ae31b64f03 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5498,9 +5498,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * consistency guarantees.
 	 */
 	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) &&
-	    (((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) ||
-	     !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode)) &&
-	     !(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL))) {
+	    ((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) ||
+	     !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))) {
 		struct ext4_free_data *new_entry;
 		/*
 		 * We use __GFP_NOFAIL because ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed