diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 6481e3ca3528..37e7d8b66c99 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct mpage_da_data {
 #define EXT4_IO_END_ERROR	0x0002
 #define EXT4_IO_END_QUEUED	0x0004
 #define EXT4_IO_END_DIRECT	0x0008
+#define EXT4_IO_END_IN_FSYNC	0x0010
 
 struct ext4_io_page {
 	struct page	*p_page;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 00a2cb753efd..bb6c7d811313 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int ext4_flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
 		io = list_entry(ei->i_completed_io_list.next,
 				ext4_io_end_t, list);
 		list_del_init(&io->list);
+		io->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_IN_FSYNC;
 		/*
 		 * Calling ext4_end_io_nolock() to convert completed
 		 * IO to written.
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ int ext4_flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			ret2 = ret;
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
+		io->flag &= ~EXT4_IO_END_IN_FSYNC;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
 	return (ret2 < 0) ? ret2 : 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 9e1b8eb1e7ac..dcdeef169a69 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -129,12 +129,18 @@ static void ext4_end_io_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	unsigned long		flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
+	if (io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_IN_FSYNC)
+		goto requeue;
 	if (list_empty(&io->list)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
 		goto free;
 	}
 
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&inode->i_mutex)) {
+		bool was_queued;
+requeue:
+		was_queued = !!(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_QUEUED);
+		io->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_QUEUED;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
 		/*
 		 * Requeue the work instead of waiting so that the work
@@ -147,9 +153,8 @@ static void ext4_end_io_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		 * yield the cpu if it sees an end_io request that has already
 		 * been requeued.
 		 */
-		if (io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_QUEUED)
+		if (was_queued)
 			yield();
-		io->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_QUEUED;
 		return;
 	}
 	list_del_init(&io->list);