diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1fae0196292a..a1074a26e784 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1779,11 +1779,12 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 	};
 	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
 	long write_chunk;
-	long wrote = 0;  /* count both pages and inodes */
+	long total_wrote = 0;  /* count both pages and inodes */
 
 	while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
 		struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
 		struct bdi_writeback *tmp_wb;
+		long wrote;
 
 		if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
 			if (work->sb) {
@@ -1859,7 +1860,9 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 
 		wbc_detach_inode(&wbc);
 		work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
-		wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+		wrote = write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write - wbc.pages_skipped;
+		wrote = wrote < 0 ? 0 : wrote;
+		total_wrote += wrote;
 
 		if (need_resched()) {
 			/*
@@ -1881,7 +1884,7 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 		tmp_wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
-			wrote++;
+			total_wrote++;
 		requeue_inode(inode, tmp_wb, &wbc);
 		inode_sync_complete(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1895,14 +1898,14 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 		 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
 		 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
 		 */
-		if (wrote) {
+		if (total_wrote) {
 			if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
 				break;
 			if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	return wrote;
+	return total_wrote;
 }
 
 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,