diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0aef79e934bb..542b02d170f8 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
 	 * behind a slow cgroup.  Ultimately, we want pageout() to kick off
 	 * regular writeback instead of writing things out itself.
 	 */
-	if (!wbc->wb)
+	if (!wbc->wb || wbc->no_cgroup_owner)
 		return;
 
 	css = mem_cgroup_css_from_page(page);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index dda5cf228172..33a50fa09fac 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	unsigned for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
 	unsigned range_cyclic:1;	/* range_start is cyclic */
 	unsigned for_sync:1;		/* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
+
+	/*
+	 * When writeback IOs are bounced through async layers, only the
+	 * initial synchronous phase should be accounted towards inode
+	 * cgroup ownership arbitration to avoid confusion.  Later stages
+	 * can set the following flag to disable the accounting.
+	 */
+	unsigned no_cgroup_owner:1;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb;	/* wb this writeback is issued under */
 	struct inode *inode;		/* inode being written out */