1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ec367bce7215..6e65d0e25ed3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1146,8 +1146,8 @@ static int check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *msg,
 }
 
 /*
- * Return the number of dirty pages in the given inode starting at
- * page frame idx.
+ * Return the number of contiguous dirty pages in a given inode
+ * starting at page frame idx.
  */
 static pgoff_t ext4_num_dirty_pages(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t idx,
                                     unsigned int max_pages)
@@ -1181,15 +1181,15 @@ static pgoff_t ext4_num_dirty_pages(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t idx,
                                 unlock_page(page);
                                 break;
                         }
-                        head = page_buffers(page);
-                        bh = head;
-                        do {
-                                if (!buffer_delay(bh) &&
-                                    !buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
-                                        done = 1;
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                        } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
+                        if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
+                                bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+                                do {
+                                        if (!buffer_delay(bh) &&
+                                            !buffer_unwritten(bh))
+                                                done = 1;
+                                        bh = bh->b_this_page;
+                                } while (!done && (bh != head));
+                        }
                         unlock_page(page);
                         if (done)
                                 break;