diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index f470c10641c5..ae17d64a3e18 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 struct wb_writeback_work {
 	long nr_pages;
 	struct super_block *sb;
-	unsigned long *older_than_this;
 	enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
 	unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
 	unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
@@ -1234,16 +1233,13 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
 #define EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME 0x0001
 
 /*
- * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
+ * Move expired (dirtied before dirtied_before) dirty inodes from
  * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
  */
 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 			       struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
-			       int flags,
-			       struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+			       int flags, unsigned long dirtied_before)
 {
-	unsigned long *older_than_this = NULL;
-	unsigned long expire_time;
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 	struct list_head *pos, *node;
 	struct super_block *sb = NULL;
@@ -1251,16 +1247,9 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 	int do_sb_sort = 0;
 	int moved = 0;
 
-	if ((flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME) == 0)
-		older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
-	else if (!work->for_sync) {
-		expire_time = jiffies - (dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ);
-		older_than_this = &expire_time;
-	}
 	while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
 		inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
-		if (older_than_this &&
-		    inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
+		if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, dirtied_before))
 			break;
 		list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
 		moved++;
@@ -1306,18 +1295,22 @@ out:
  *                                           |
  *                                           +--> dequeue for IO
  */
-static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work,
+		     unsigned long dirtied_before)
 {
 	int moved;
+	unsigned long time_expire_jif = dirtied_before;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
-	moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, work);
+	moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, dirtied_before);
+	if (!work->for_sync)
+		time_expire_jif = jiffies - dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ;
 	moved += move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty_time, &wb->b_io,
-				     EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, work);
+				     EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, time_expire_jif);
 	if (moved)
 		wb_io_lists_populated(wb);
-	trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved);
+	trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved);
 }
 
 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -1829,7 +1822,7 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
-		queue_io(wb, &work);
+		queue_io(wb, &work, jiffies);
 	__writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
@@ -1849,7 +1842,7 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
  * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
  * one-second gap.
  *
- * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
+ * dirtied_before takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
  * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
  */
 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
@@ -1857,14 +1850,11 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 {
 	unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
 	long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
-	unsigned long oldest_jif;
+	unsigned long dirtied_before = jiffies;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	long progress;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
-	oldest_jif = jiffies;
-	work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
-
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1898,14 +1888,14 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 * safe.
 		 */
 		if (work->for_kupdate) {
-			oldest_jif = jiffies -
+			dirtied_before = jiffies -
 				msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
 		} else if (work->for_background)
-			oldest_jif = jiffies;
+			dirtied_before = jiffies;
 
 		trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
 		if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
-			queue_io(wb, work);
+			queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before);
 		if (work->sb)
 			progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
 		else
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 10f5d1fa7347..7565dcd59697 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -498,8 +498,9 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage);
 TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
 	TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 struct wb_writeback_work *work,
+		 unsigned long dirtied_before,
 		 int moved),
-	TP_ARGS(wb, work, moved),
+	TP_ARGS(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__array(char,		name, 32)
 		__field(unsigned long,	older)
@@ -509,19 +510,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
 		__field(ino_t,		cgroup_ino)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		unsigned long *older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
 		strscpy_pad(__entry->name, bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi), 32);
-		__entry->older	= older_than_this ?  *older_than_this : 0;
-		__entry->age	= older_than_this ?
-				  (jiffies - *older_than_this) * 1000 / HZ : -1;
+		__entry->older	= dirtied_before;
+		__entry->age	= (jiffies - dirtied_before) * 1000 / HZ;
 		__entry->moved	= moved;
 		__entry->reason	= work->reason;
 		__entry->cgroup_ino	= __trace_wb_assign_cgroup(wb);
 	),
 	TP_printk("bdi %s: older=%lu age=%ld enqueue=%d reason=%s cgroup_ino=%lu",
 		__entry->name,
-		__entry->older,	/* older_than_this in jiffies */
-		__entry->age,	/* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */
+		__entry->older,	/* dirtied_before in jiffies */
+		__entry->age,	/* dirtied_before in relative milliseconds */
 		__entry->moved,
 		__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON),
 		(unsigned long)__entry->cgroup_ino