diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7dd698107822..762e8037c888 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2678,8 +2678,15 @@ static void ext4_end_io_buffer_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	io_end->flag = EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
+	/*
+	 * It may be over-defensive here to check EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN now,
+	 * but being more careful is always safe for the future change.
+	 */
 	inode = io_end->inode;
+	if (!(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
+		io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
+		atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
+	}
 
 	/* Add the io_end to per-inode completed io list*/
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 430c401d0895..78839af7ce29 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -334,8 +334,10 @@ submit_and_retry:
 	if ((io_end->num_io_pages >= MAX_IO_PAGES) &&
 	    (io_end->pages[io_end->num_io_pages-1] != io_page))
 		goto submit_and_retry;
-	if (buffer_uninit(bh))
-		io->io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
+	if (buffer_uninit(bh) && !(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
+		io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
+		atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
+	}
 	io->io_end->size += bh->b_size;
 	io->io_next_block++;
 	ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));