diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 3fb385c..0290bf8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -350,14 +350,6 @@
 		unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);
 	}
 
-	if (!buffer_mapped(bh) || buffer_delay(bh)) {
-		if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
-			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-		if (io->io_bio)
-			ext4_io_submit(io);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (io->io_bio && bh->b_blocknr != io->io_next_block) {
 submit_and_retry:
 		ext4_io_submit(io);
@@ -436,6 +428,15 @@
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!buffer_dirty(bh) || buffer_delay(bh) ||
+		    !buffer_mapped(bh) || buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
+			/* A hole? We can safely clear the dirty bit */
+			if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
+				clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			if (io->io_bio)
+				ext4_io_submit(io);
+			continue;
+		}
 		ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, io_page, inode, wbc, bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			/*