diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index a8c8a4904dd6..a2cf2db0d3de 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1473,22 +1473,26 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the inode has dirty timestamps and we need to write them, call
+	 * mark_inode_dirty_sync() to notify the filesystem about it and to
+	 * change I_DIRTY_TIME into I_DIRTY_SYNC.
+	 */
+	if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) &&
+	    (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
+	     time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when +
+			dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) {
+		trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
+		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
 	 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
 	 * write_inode()
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
-	if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) &&
-	    ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
-	     wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
-	     time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when +
-			dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) {
-		dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
-		trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
-	}
 	inode->i_state &= ~dirty;
 
 	/*
@@ -1509,8 +1513,6 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
-	if (dirty & I_DIRTY_TIME)
-		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
 	if (dirty & ~I_DIRTY_PAGES) {
 		int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);