diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c94780075b04..6d2a18991fcb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5032,12 +5032,12 @@ static int other_inode_match(struct inode * inode, unsigned long ino,
 
 	if ((inode->i_ino != ino) ||
 	    (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_NEW |
-			       I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) ||
+			       I_DIRTY_INODE)) ||
 	    ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) == 0))
 		return 0;
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_NEW |
-				I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) == 0) &&
+				I_DIRTY_INODE)) == 0) &&
 	    (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
 		struct ext4_inode_info	*ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d4d04fee568a..1280f915079b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
-		if ((dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) ||
+		if ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
 		    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ||
 		    unlikely(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED) ||
 		    unlikely(time_after(jiffies,
@@ -2112,7 +2112,6 @@ static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  */
 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
-#define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int dirtytime;
 
@@ -2122,7 +2121,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 	 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
 	 * dirty the inode itself
 	 */
-	if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC | I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
+	if (flags & (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
 		trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags);
 
 		if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
@@ -2197,7 +2196,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 			if (dirtytime)
 				inode->dirtied_time_when = jiffies;
 
-			if (inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES))
+			if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)
 				dirty_list = &wb->b_dirty;
 			else
 				dirty_list = &wb->b_dirty_time;
@@ -2221,8 +2220,6 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 	}
 out_unlock_inode:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-#undef I_DIRTY_INODE
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 620be0521866..cf5c7f3080d2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static void gfs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 	int need_endtrans = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!(flags & (I_DIRTY_DATASYNC|I_DIRTY_SYNC)))
+	if (!(flags & I_DIRTY_INODE))
 		return;
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(SDF_SHUTDOWN, &sdp->sd_flags)))
 		return;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d7b2caadb292..00da24bc0350 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2014,7 +2014,8 @@ static inline void init_sync_kiocb(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct file *filp)
 #define I_WB_SWITCH		(1 << 13)
 #define I_OVL_INUSE			(1 << 14)
 
-#define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
+#define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
+#define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
 #define I_DIRTY_ALL (I_DIRTY | I_DIRTY_TIME)
 
 extern void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *, int);