diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 436e5bb..001eb0e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1149,9 +1149,25 @@
 static int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle,
 					struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
+	int dirty = buffer_dirty(bh);
+	int ret;
+
 	if (!buffer_mapped(bh) || buffer_freed(bh))
 		return 0;
-	return ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+	/*
+	 * __block_prepare_write() could have dirtied some buffers. Clean
+	 * the dirty bit as jbd2_journal_get_write_access() could complain
+	 * otherwise about fs integrity issues. Setting of the dirty bit
+	 * by __block_prepare_write() isn't a real problem here as we clear
+	 * the bit before releasing a page lock and thus writeback cannot
+	 * ever write the buffer.
+	 */
+	if (dirty)
+		clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	ret = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+	if (!ret && dirty)
+		ret = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*