diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
index afc060abd5ab..f4a14ea2ed9c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c
@@ -402,15 +402,11 @@ int nilfs_bmap_test_and_clear_dirty(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap)
 void nilfs_bmap_add_blocks(const struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, int n)
 {
 	inode_add_bytes(bmap->b_inode, (1 << bmap->b_inode->i_blkbits) * n);
-	if (!NILFS_MDT(bmap->b_inode))
-		mark_inode_dirty(bmap->b_inode);
 }
 
 void nilfs_bmap_sub_blocks(const struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, int n)
 {
 	inode_sub_bytes(bmap->b_inode, (1 << bmap->b_inode->i_blkbits) * n);
-	if (!NILFS_MDT(bmap->b_inode))
-		mark_inode_dirty(bmap->b_inode);
 }
 
 __u64 nilfs_bmap_data_get_key(const struct nilfs_bmap *bmap,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 412b25a7d345..a16c179f2b9a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ int nilfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 			nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 		/* Error handling should be detailed */
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
@@ -598,6 +599,7 @@ void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		nilfs_set_transaction_flag(NILFS_TI_SYNC);
 
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	nilfs_set_file_dirty(NILFS_SB(sb), inode, 0);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(sb);
 	/* May construct a logical segment and may fail in sync mode.
@@ -622,6 +624,7 @@ void nilfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
 	nilfs_truncate_bmap(ii, 0);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	nilfs_free_inode(inode);
 	/* nilfs_free_inode() marks inode buffer dirty */
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))