diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a5bb7d4aa5b..a085d532e907 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c5f7ad233b8805dae06e694538d8095b19f3c560
+refs/heads/master: c4ec7908c2c5125f75fabd100e7a95626a6883ee
diff --git a/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c b/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
index b1dc2d4b9cdd..72e6eb96efe2 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 			bdi_add_default_flusher_thread(bdi);
 		}
 
+		/* Keep working if default bdi still has things to do */
+		if (!list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list))
+			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
 		if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) {
 			unsigned long wait;