diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 551684de13924dc256d89bb3b7ce175a02b73fdf..916e83489caa8fef98684f4a7fce532c7cb454f5 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -449,8 +449,13 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
-		if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
-		    mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
+		if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+			/*
+			 * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
+			 * the pages.
+			 */
+			redirty_tail(inode);
+		} else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
 			/*
 			 * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
 			 * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
@@ -494,12 +499,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 				inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 				redirty_tail(inode);
 			}
-		} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
-			/*
-			 * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
-			 * the pages.
-			 */
-			redirty_tail(inode);
 		} else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 			/*
 			 * The inode is clean, inuse