diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index ffab4783ac644a984b6c0ff7a529b43720e6bc53..c27f8d4098be3cd713b2934f6eefdc8d03bb4a68 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
-		WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE));
+		WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
 	else
 		WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);