diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index bb6148dc6d2456f20ff14f899ae27af2e8a066ea..65e6992d8719aeae3a527d5ac133bd32e86f25ca 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason)
 
 		list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node)
 			wb_start_writeback(wb, wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages),
-					   false, reason);
+						true, reason);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }