diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4863238..081bb25 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 	pgoff_t done_index = 0;
 	pgoff_t end;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	trace_ext4_da_writepages(inode, wbc);
 
@@ -2238,6 +2239,7 @@
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
 		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	while (!ret && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
 
 		/*
@@ -2302,6 +2304,7 @@
 			 */
 			break;
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	if (!io_done && !cycled) {
 		cycled = 1;
 		index = 0;