diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 1d08a1b..aeda506 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2772,7 +2772,8 @@
 extern int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 			       struct page *page,
 			       int len,
-			       struct writeback_control *wbc);
+			       struct writeback_control *wbc,
+			       bool keep_towrite);
 
 /* mmp.c */
 extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *, ext4_fsblk_t);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9b3c52f..04dd2de 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@
 	struct buffer_head *page_bufs = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct ext4_io_submit io_submit;
+	bool keep_towrite = false;
 
 	trace_ext4_writepage(page);
 	size = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -1876,6 +1877,7 @@
 			unlock_page(page);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		keep_towrite = true;
 	}
 
 	if (PageChecked(page) && ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
@@ -1892,7 +1894,7 @@
 		unlock_page(page);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	ret = ext4_bio_write_page(&io_submit, page, len, wbc);
+	ret = ext4_bio_write_page(&io_submit, page, len, wbc, keep_towrite);
 	ext4_io_submit(&io_submit);
 	/* Drop io_end reference we got from init */
 	ext4_put_io_end_defer(io_submit.io_end);
@@ -1911,7 +1913,7 @@
 	else
 		len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
-	err = ext4_bio_write_page(&mpd->io_submit, page, len, mpd->wbc);
+	err = ext4_bio_write_page(&mpd->io_submit, page, len, mpd->wbc, false);
 	if (!err)
 		mpd->wbc->nr_to_write--;
 	mpd->first_page++;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index c18d95b..4cb2743 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@
 int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 			struct page *page,
 			int len,
-			struct writeback_control *wbc)
+			struct writeback_control *wbc,
+			bool keep_towrite)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	unsigned block_start, blocksize;
@@ -414,7 +415,10 @@
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
 
-	set_page_writeback(page);
+	if (keep_towrite)
+		set_page_writeback_keepwrite(page);
+	else
+		set_page_writeback(page);
 	ClearPageError(page);
 
 	/*