diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index fe190a8b0bc871e34a8387bdf0f21987e483bc45..e4504299f4a568db980b8d4fbe5146a310f68242 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
 			 */
 			list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+			wbc->inodes_written++;
 		}
 	}
 	inode_sync_complete(inode);
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		wbc.more_io = 0;
 		wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
 		wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
+		wbc.inodes_written = 0;
 
 		trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
 		if (work->sb)
@@ -741,6 +743,8 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 */
 		if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
 			continue;
+		if (wbc.inodes_written)
+			continue;
 		/*
 		 * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
 		 */
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 3f6542ca6198d8a5f5d490b513c0eb8076fc2047..7df9026f712928ae6fcab3b4f0ef26aaee5ccd68 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	long nr_to_write;		/* Write this many pages, and decrement
 					   this for each page written */
 	long pages_skipped;		/* Pages which were not written */
+	long inodes_written;		/* # of inodes written (at least) */
 
 	/*
 	 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is