diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index e6ac24d..436baf7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@
 		goto convert;
 	}
 
+	ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc.bh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, 0, flags);
@@ -707,7 +711,7 @@
 out_up_read:
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 out:
-	if (handle)
+	if (handle && (ret != 1))
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 	return ret;
@@ -749,6 +753,7 @@
 
 	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out:
 	return copied;
 }
@@ -895,7 +900,6 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, 0, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -913,6 +917,9 @@
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_release_page;
 	}
+	ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc.bh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_release_page;
 
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	*pagep = page;
@@ -933,7 +940,6 @@
 				  unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 				  struct page *page)
 {
-	int i_size_changed = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len, copied, page);
@@ -951,10 +957,8 @@
 	 * But it's important to update i_size while still holding page lock:
 	 * page writeout could otherwise come in and zero beyond i_size.
 	 */
-	if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) {
+	if (pos+copied > inode->i_size)
 		i_size_write(inode, pos+copied);
-		i_size_changed = 1;
-	}
 	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
 
@@ -964,8 +968,7 @@
 	 * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
 	 * filesystems.
 	 */
-	if (i_size_changed)
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	return copied;
 }