diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9d4e28940c54..8376e0bee3e5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 51d8c5edd3b166fcc51aba84d78761d578400a7c
+refs/heads/master: 0e31f51d8177320d61ec5786ca4aafa7b7a749b4
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
index ab034d3053ea..c5ee9f0691e3 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static int ext3_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH))
+	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH) && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
 		ret = nobh_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext3_get_block);
 	else
 		ret = block_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext3_get_block);
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static int ext3_writeback_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	if (new_i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize)
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = new_i_size;
 
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH))
+	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH) && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
 		ret = nobh_commit_write(file, page, from, to);
 	else
 		ret = generic_commit_write(file, page, from, to);
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ static int ext3_writeback_writepage(struct page *page,
 		goto out_fail;
 	}
 
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH))
+	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH) && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
 		ret = nobh_writepage(page, ext3_get_block, wbc);
 	else
 		ret = block_write_full_page(page, ext3_get_block, wbc);