diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ae52e329e986855e1a15dc74583336190ec3b1b4..f205ac3c4e410995a0396d80776db5c1baf58bb7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1181,6 +1181,38 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	return ret ? ret : copied;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This is a private version of page_zero_new_buffers() which doesn't
+ * set the buffer to be dirty, since in data=journalled mode we need
+ * to call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() instead.
+ */
+static void zero_new_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
+{
+	unsigned int block_start = 0, block_end;
+	struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
+
+	bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+	do {
+		block_end = block_start + bh->b_size;
+		if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+			if (block_end > from && block_start < to) {
+				if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+					unsigned start, size;
+
+					start = max(from, block_start);
+					size = min(to, block_end) - start;
+
+					zero_user(page, start, size);
+					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+				}
+				clear_buffer_new(bh);
+			}
+		}
+		block_start = block_end;
+		bh = bh->b_this_page;
+	} while (bh != head);
+}
+
 static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 				     struct address_space *mapping,
 				     loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
@@ -1207,7 +1239,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 		if (copied < len) {
 			if (!PageUptodate(page))
 				copied = 0;
-			page_zero_new_buffers(page, from+copied, to);
+			zero_new_buffers(page, from+copied, to);
 		}
 
 		ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page), from,