diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index ff0b18331590..f470c10641c5 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static void inode_io_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
 
+	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
 	list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list);
 	wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
 }
@@ -1187,6 +1188,7 @@ static void redirty_tail_locked(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 	}
 	inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
+	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
 }
 
 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
@@ -1262,8 +1264,11 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 			break;
 		list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
 		moved++;
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME)
-			set_bit(__I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, &inode->i_state);
+			inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
+		inode->i_state |= I_SYNC_QUEUED;
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
 			continue;
 		if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
@@ -1438,6 +1443,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
 		inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 		inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
+		inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
 	} else {
 		/* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
 		inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
@@ -2301,11 +2307,12 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		inode->i_state |= flags;
 
 		/*
-		 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
-		 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
-		 * superblock list, based upon its state.
+		 * If the inode is queued for writeback by flush worker, just
+		 * update its dirty state. Once the flush worker is done with
+		 * the inode it will place it on the appropriate superblock
+		 * list, based upon its state.
 		 */
-		if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
+		if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC_QUEUED)
 			goto out_unlock_inode;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 19ef6c88c152..48556efcdcf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2157,6 +2157,10 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
  *
  * I_DONTCACHE		Evict inode as soon as it is not used anymore.
  *
+ * I_SYNC_QUEUED	Inode is queued in b_io or b_more_io writeback lists.
+ *			Used to detect that mark_inode_dirty() should not move
+ * 			inode between dirty lists.
+ *
  * Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
  */
 #define I_DIRTY_SYNC		(1 << 0)
@@ -2174,12 +2178,12 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
 #define I_DIO_WAKEUP		(1 << __I_DIO_WAKEUP)
 #define I_LINKABLE		(1 << 10)
 #define I_DIRTY_TIME		(1 << 11)
-#define __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	12
-#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	(1 << __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)
+#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	(1 << 12)
 #define I_WB_SWITCH		(1 << 13)
 #define I_OVL_INUSE		(1 << 14)
 #define I_CREATING		(1 << 15)
 #define I_DONTCACHE		(1 << 16)
+#define I_SYNC_QUEUED		(1 << 17)
 
 #define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
 #define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES)