2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1f22fb5217c0..414df43706c7 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ static void queue_io(struct super_block *sb,
         move_expired_inodes(&sb->s_dirty, &sb->s_io, older_than_this);
 }
 
+int sb_has_dirty_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+        return !list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) ||
+               !list_empty(&sb->s_io) ||
+               !list_empty(&sb->s_more_io);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sb_has_dirty_inodes);
+
 /*
  * Write a single inode's dirty pages and inode data out to disk.
  * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
@@ -497,7 +505,7 @@ writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 restart:
         sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
         for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
-                if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) || !list_empty(&sb->s_io)) {
+                if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
                         /* we're making our own get_super here */
                         sb->s_count++;
                         spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
index ad2124573024..3e76f3b216bc 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
@@ -2381,14 +2381,14 @@ static void ntfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
          */
         ntfs_commit_inode(vol->mft_ino);
         write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1);
-        if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) {
+        if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
                 const char *s1, *s2;
 
                 mutex_lock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex);
                 truncate_inode_pages(vol->mft_ino->i_mapping, 0);
                 mutex_unlock(&vol->mft_ino->i_mutex);
                 write_inode_now(vol->mft_ino, 1);
-                if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) {
+                if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
                         static const char *_s1 = "inodes";
                         static const char *_s2 = "";
                         s1 = _s1;