diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 650c5acd2f2d..a79a9ea58c56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1938,13 +1938,13 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err;
 
-	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
-		ext4_walk_page_buffers(NULL, page_bufs, 0, len,
-				       NULL, bput_one);
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_JDATA);
 out:
 	unlock_page(page);
 out_no_pagelock:
+	if (!inline_data && page_bufs)
+		ext4_walk_page_buffers(NULL, page_bufs, 0, len,
+				       NULL, bput_one);
 	brelse(inode_bh);
 	return ret;
 }