1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0adee7853b80..664acdb2e7ef 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
         if (!wbc->wb_start)
                 wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
         spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+
+        if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 
         while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
         WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
         spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+        if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
         writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
         spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);