diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 76ac9c7d32ec..2a7b98aacfac 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static void inode_io_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list);
 	wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
@@ -1123,7 +1124,9 @@ void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode)
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb;
 
 	wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1172,8 +1175,10 @@ void sb_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode)
  * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
  * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
  */
-static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+static void redirty_tail_locked(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
+
 	if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
 		struct inode *tail;
 
@@ -1184,6 +1189,13 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
 }
 
+static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
  */
@@ -1394,7 +1406,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
 		 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
 		 */
-		redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+		redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1414,7 +1426,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
 			 * that cannot be performed immediately.
 			 */
-			redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+			redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
 		}
 	} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
 		/*
@@ -1422,7 +1434,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
 		 * updates after data IO completion.
 		 */
-		redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+		redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
 	} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
 		inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 		inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
@@ -1669,8 +1681,8 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 		 */
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
+			redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {