diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 1ffdb903eb79..b3e3edc09d80 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,30 @@ release_pvec_pages:
 		/* more to do; loop back to beginning of file */
 		dout("writepages looping back to beginning of file\n");
 		end = start_index - 1; /* OK even when start_index == 0 */
+
+		/* to write dirty pages associated with next snapc,
+		 * we need to wait until current writes complete */
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE &&
+		    start_index == 0 && /* all dirty pages were checked */
+		    !ceph_wbc.head_snapc) {
+			struct page *page;
+			unsigned i, nr;
+			index = 0;
+			while ((index <= end) &&
+			       (nr = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index,
+							PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK,
+							PAGEVEC_SIZE))) {
+				for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+					page = pvec.pages[i];
+					if (page_snap_context(page) != snapc)
+						continue;
+					wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+				}
+				pagevec_release(&pvec);
+				cond_resched();
+			}
+		}
+
 		start_index = 0;
 		index = 0;
 		goto retry;