diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0554b0b5957bb5db223534f2116d5eea18eae2d4..263a46c488c73fe795fd5083bfd826215ca3afc4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1701,19 +1701,32 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 		ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, len,
 				       NULL, bget_one);
 	}
-	/* As soon as we unlock the page, it can go away, but we have
-	 * references to buffers so we are safe */
+	/*
+	 * We need to release the page lock before we start the
+	 * journal, so grab a reference so the page won't disappear
+	 * out from under us.
+	 */
+	get_page(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
 				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
-		goto out;
+		put_page(page);
+		goto out_no_pagelock;
 	}
-
 	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
 
+	lock_page(page);
+	put_page(page);
+	if (page->mapping != mapping) {
+		/* The page got truncated from under us */
+		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (inline_data) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bh, "get write access");
 		ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bh);
@@ -1739,6 +1752,8 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 				       NULL, bput_one);
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_JDATA);
 out:
+	unlock_page(page);
+out_no_pagelock:
 	brelse(inode_bh);
 	return ret;
 }