diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 5c4161f..ea8592b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -409,11 +409,11 @@
 	wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 
 	wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
-	do {
+	 while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 		__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-	} while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
+	}
 }
 
 /*