diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6cf7d31e5110..4d0edb52dd95 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b91c9a97c9333c87fe2a0c94b3b22b24df1c5fc2
+refs/heads/master: 7d6cd92fe2de3c286b8e95f43223f09db9302635
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index eccb2f2e2315..f1750caa362c 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
 void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
+	struct nilfs_mdt_info *mdi = NILFS_MDT(inode);
 
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 		nilfs_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__,
@@ -815,6 +816,10 @@ void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		dump_stack();
 		return;
 	}
+	if (mdi) {
+		nilfs_mdt_mark_dirty(inode);
+		return;
+	}
 	nilfs_transaction_begin(inode->i_sb, &ti, 0);
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */