diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 445eef41bfaf..91b58c897f92 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2780,6 +2780,8 @@ int nilfs_attach_log_writer(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_root *root)
 	if (!nilfs->ns_writer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	inode_attach_wb(nilfs->ns_bdev->bd_inode, NULL);
+
 	err = nilfs_segctor_start_thread(nilfs->ns_writer);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(nilfs->ns_writer);