diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0adee78..664acdb 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@
 	if (!wbc->wb_start)
 		wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
 	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-	if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+
+	if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@
 	WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-	if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+	if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 	writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
 	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);