diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 5de56a2..ed80065 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
+ */
+void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+}
+
+
+/*
  * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
  * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
  *
@@ -188,6 +199,7 @@
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
 
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
 		struct inode *tail;
 
@@ -205,14 +217,17 @@
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
 
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
 }
 
 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	 * Prevent speculative execution through
+	 * spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	 */
+
 	smp_mb();
 	wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 }
@@ -286,6 +301,7 @@
  */
 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
 {
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
 	move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
 }
@@ -308,25 +324,23 @@
 	wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 	while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 		__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
- * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.  Either the
- * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
- * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
+ * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_wb_list_lock.  Either
+ * the caller has an active reference on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE
+ * set.
  *
  * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
  *
  * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile.  We want to avoid
  * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
  * livelocks, etc.
- *
- * Called under inode_lock.
  */
 static int
 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -368,7 +382,7 @@
 	inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
@@ -388,12 +402,10 @@
 	 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
 	 * write_inode()
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 	inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
 	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
 		int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
@@ -401,7 +413,7 @@
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
@@ -543,10 +555,10 @@
 			 */
 			redirty_tail(inode);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 		iput(inode);
 		cond_resched();
-		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 		if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
 			wbc->more_io = 1;
 			return 1;
@@ -565,7 +577,7 @@
 
 	if (!wbc->wb_start)
 		wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 
@@ -583,7 +595,7 @@
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	/* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
 }
 
@@ -592,11 +604,11 @@
 {
 	WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 	writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -735,7 +747,7 @@
 		 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
 		 * we'll just busyloop.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 		if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
 			inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
 			trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
@@ -743,7 +755,7 @@
 			inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	}
 
 	return wrote;
@@ -1009,7 +1021,6 @@
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
-	bool wakeup_bdi = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
@@ -1033,7 +1044,6 @@
 	if (unlikely(block_dump))
 		block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
 		const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
@@ -1059,12 +1069,12 @@
 		if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
 			goto out_unlock_inode;
 
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		/*
 		 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
 		 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
 		 */
 		if (!was_dirty) {
+			bool wakeup_bdi = false;
 			bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
 
 			if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
@@ -1081,18 +1091,20 @@
 					wakeup_bdi = true;
 			}
 
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 			list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
+			spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+
+			if (wakeup_bdi)
+				bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
+			return;
 		}
-		goto out;
 	}
 out_unlock_inode:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-out:
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
-	if (wakeup_bdi)
-		bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
 
@@ -1296,9 +1308,9 @@
 		wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
 
 	might_sleep();
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	if (sync)
 		inode_sync_wait(inode);
 	return ret;
@@ -1320,9 +1332,9 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);