diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7d6c100..4efe772 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1389,9 +1389,10 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	loff_t old_size = inode->i_size;
 	int ret = 0, ret2;
 	int i_size_changed = 0;
+	int inline_data = ext4_has_inline_data(inode);
 
 	trace_ext4_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+	if (inline_data) {
 		ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len,
 						 copied, page);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1419,7 +1420,7 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	 * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
 	 * filesystems.
 	 */
-	if (i_size_changed)
+	if (i_size_changed || inline_data)
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext4_can_truncate(inode))
@@ -1493,6 +1494,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	int partial = 0;
 	unsigned from, to;
 	int size_changed = 0;
+	int inline_data = ext4_has_inline_data(inode);
 
 	trace_ext4_journalled_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
 	from = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -1500,7 +1502,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 
 	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
 
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+	if (inline_data) {
 		ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len,
 						 copied, page);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1531,7 +1533,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	if (old_size < pos)
 		pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, pos);
 
-	if (size_changed) {
+	if (size_changed || inline_data) {
 		ret2 = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = ret2;
@@ -2028,11 +2030,7 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 	}
 
 	if (inline_data) {
-		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bh, "get write access");
-		ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bh);
-
-		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, inode_bh);
-
+		ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	} else {
 		ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, len, NULL,
 					     do_journal_get_write_access);