diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 3f690bae6b78..7d1010453fb9 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int done = 0;
+	int error;
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	int nr_pages;
 	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
@@ -2227,25 +2228,31 @@ continue_unlock:
 				goto continue_unlock;
 
 			trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host));
-			ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
-			if (unlikely(ret)) {
-				if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
+			error = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
+			if (unlikely(error)) {
+				/*
+				 * Handle errors according to the type of
+				 * writeback. There's no need to continue for
+				 * background writeback. Just push done_index
+				 * past this page so media errors won't choke
+				 * writeout for the entire file. For integrity
+				 * writeback, we must process the entire dirty
+				 * set regardless of errors because the fs may
+				 * still have state to clear for each page. In
+				 * that case we continue processing and return
+				 * the first error.
+				 */
+				if (error == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
 					unlock_page(page);
-					ret = 0;
-				} else {
-					/*
-					 * done_index is set past this page,
-					 * so media errors will not choke
-					 * background writeout for the entire
-					 * file. This has consequences for
-					 * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
-					 * not be suitable for data integrity
-					 * writeout).
-					 */
+					error = 0;
+				} else if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+					ret = error;
 					done_index = page->index + 1;
 					done = 1;
 					break;
 				}
+				if (!ret)
+					ret = error;
 			}
 
 			/*