1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index c403b66ec83c..a4b142a6a2c7 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -251,8 +251,19 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
                 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
 
         if ((wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) && (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)) {
+                struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+                int ret;
+
                 list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_dirty);
-                return 0;
+
+                /*
+                 * Even if we don't actually write the inode itself here,
+                 * we can at least start some of the data writeout..
+                 */
+                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+                ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+                return ret;
         }
 
         /*