diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 93fa427bb5f501cee6da6ab88afbfd921f584295..1cfd493e30fbbb16ef0f403eaf1ace5124deacba 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ struct strip_mine {
 static int gfs2_unstuffer_page(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh,
 			       u64 block, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int release = 0;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ static int gfs2_unstuffer_page(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh,
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	if (!gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
 		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_ORDERED || gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
+	if (!gfs2_is_writeback(ip))
 		gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh, 0);
 
 	if (release) {
@@ -879,7 +878,6 @@ static int gfs2_block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	loff_t from = inode->i_size;
 	unsigned long index = from >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned offset = from & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
@@ -931,7 +929,7 @@ static int gfs2_block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_ORDERED || gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
+	if (!gfs2_is_writeback(ip))
 		gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh, 0);
 
 	zero_user_page(page, offset, length, KM_USER0);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index e53da7d4cfffaeabc2ba6636dde31fbc21d482b4..82dfe9bd270b8fad508cdf04a7a5701c93505fa6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static inline struct gfs2_inode *GFS2_I(struct inode *inode)
 	return container_of(inode, struct gfs2_inode, i_inode);
 }
 
-static inline struct gfs2_sbd *GFS2_SB(struct inode *inode)
+static inline struct gfs2_sbd *GFS2_SB(const struct inode *inode)
 {
 	return inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
index 351ac87ab384e263f6fd71b4f5ede70a484b9e48..bed3dc212a18eac55b3290f5f3b51a3bfc463e62 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ static inline int gfs2_is_jdata(const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	return ip->i_di.di_flags & GFS2_DIF_JDATA;
 }
 
+static inline int gfs2_is_writeback(const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+	return (sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_WRITEBACK) && !gfs2_is_jdata(ip);
+}
+
 static inline int gfs2_is_dir(const struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
 	return S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
index 4c4ef7f59909558028948dc5524488a7e5d236e6..ed154af86171648761d3115e98d5a202eaea7206 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
@@ -138,12 +138,11 @@ static int gfs2_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		return 0; /* don't care */
 	}
 
-	if ((sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_ORDERED || gfs2_is_jdata(ip)) &&
-	    PageChecked(page)) {
-		ClearPageChecked(page);
+	if (PageChecked(page)) {
 		error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, RES_DINODE + 1, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_ignore;
+		ClearPageChecked(page);
 		if (!page_has_buffers(page)) {
 			create_empty_buffers(page, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize,
 					     (1 << BH_Dirty)|(1 << BH_Uptodate));
@@ -180,9 +179,8 @@ static int gfs2_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 
-	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_WRITEBACK && !gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
+	if (gfs2_is_writeback(ip))
 		return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, gfs2_get_block_noalloc);
 
 	return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
@@ -606,7 +604,7 @@ static int gfs2_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (gfs2_is_stuffed(ip))
 		return gfs2_stuffed_write_end(inode, dibh, pos, len, copied, page);
 
-	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_data == GFS2_DATA_ORDERED || gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
+	if (!gfs2_is_writeback(ip))
 		gfs2_page_add_databufs(ip, page, from, to);
 
 	ret = generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);