diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 23d1996ecf0a..d0ba30c613e1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 68809c7108b9a75baf2a888b1c19ce1a4680f600
+refs/heads/master: 365b94ae67d2915d412b593d47449a6bffed9d37
diff --git a/trunk/fs/fs-writeback.c b/trunk/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 539f36cf3e4a..dd41437b7a1f 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -231,11 +231,8 @@ static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 
 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Prevent speculative execution through
-	 * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-	 */
-
+	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
+	/* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
 	smp_mb();
 	wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 }
@@ -436,7 +433,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 
 	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
 		/*
 		 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in