1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 7608880b5c58..b7c7586caea1 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 {
         int ret = 0;
 
-        wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
+        if (!wbc->wb_start)
+                wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
         if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
@@ -559,7 +560,6 @@ static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
 {
         WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
-        wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
         if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                 wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
         }
 
+        wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
         for (;;) {
                 /*
                  * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed