1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9115f2807515..4cf2619f007c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ retry:
                         break;
         }
         blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-        if (!ret && !cycled) {
+        if (!ret && !cycled && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
                 cycled = 1;
                 mpd.last_page = writeback_index - 1;
                 mpd.first_page = 0;