diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 7439ecd44ac9..867984e778c3 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,6 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
-	unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
 	long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
 	unsigned long dirtied_before = jiffies;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -2058,8 +2057,6 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
 		trace_writeback_written(wb, work);
 
-		wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
-
 		/*
 		 * Did we write something? Try for more
 		 *
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 44df4fcef65c..8a886bca51e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(const struct inode *inode)
 	return inode->i_wb;
 }
 
+static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_wbc(
+				struct inode *inode,
+				struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If wbc does not have inode attached, it means cgroup writeback was
+	 * disabled when wbc started. Just use the default wb in that case.
+	 */
+	return wbc->wb ? wbc->wb : &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
+}
+
 /**
  * unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin - begin unlocked inode wb access transaction
  * @inode: target inode
@@ -366,6 +377,14 @@ static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(struct inode *inode)
 	return &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
 }
 
+static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_wbc(
+				struct inode *inode,
+				struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	return inode_to_wb(inode);
+}
+
+
 static inline struct bdi_writeback *
 unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, struct wb_lock_cookie *cookie)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 667e86cfbdcf..2480322c06a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty);
 unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long thresh);
 
-void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long start_time);
 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping);
 bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e1aa1c9d8e36..e4a381b8944b 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,6 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
 
 static void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc,
 				  struct dirty_throttle_control *mdtc,
-				  unsigned long start_time,
 				  bool update_ratelimit)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb = gdtc->wb;
@@ -1352,13 +1351,6 @@ static void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc,
 	dirtied = percpu_counter_read(&wb->stat[WB_DIRTIED]);
 	written = percpu_counter_read(&wb->stat[WB_WRITTEN]);
 
-	/*
-	 * Skip quiet periods when disk bandwidth is under-utilized.
-	 * (at least 1s idle time between two flusher runs)
-	 */
-	if (elapsed > HZ && time_before(wb->bw_time_stamp, start_time))
-		goto snapshot;
-
 	if (update_ratelimit) {
 		domain_update_bandwidth(gdtc, now);
 		wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(gdtc, dirtied, elapsed);
@@ -1374,17 +1366,36 @@ static void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc,
 	}
 	wb_update_write_bandwidth(wb, elapsed, written);
 
-snapshot:
 	wb->dirtied_stamp = dirtied;
 	wb->written_stamp = written;
 	wb->bw_time_stamp = now;
 }
 
-void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long start_time)
+static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	struct dirty_throttle_control gdtc = { GDTC_INIT(wb) };
 
-	__wb_update_bandwidth(&gdtc, NULL, start_time, false);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+	__wb_update_bandwidth(&gdtc, NULL, false);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+}
+
+/* Interval after which we consider wb idle and don't estimate bandwidth */
+#define WB_BANDWIDTH_IDLE_JIF (HZ)
+
+static void wb_bandwidth_estimate_start(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+	unsigned long now = jiffies;
+	unsigned long elapsed = now - READ_ONCE(wb->bw_time_stamp);
+
+	if (elapsed > WB_BANDWIDTH_IDLE_JIF &&
+	    !atomic_read(&wb->writeback_inodes)) {
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+		wb->dirtied_stamp = wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
+		wb->written_stamp = wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
+		wb->bw_time_stamp = now;
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1713,7 +1724,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		if (time_is_before_jiffies(wb->bw_time_stamp +
 					   BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) {
 			spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
-			__wb_update_bandwidth(gdtc, mdtc, start_time, true);
+			__wb_update_bandwidth(gdtc, mdtc, true);
 			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 		}
 
@@ -2347,9 +2358,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb;
 
 	if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
 		return 0;
+	wb = inode_to_wb_wbc(mapping->host, wbc);
+	wb_bandwidth_estimate_start(wb);
 	while (1) {
 		if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
 			ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
@@ -2360,6 +2374,7 @@ int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		cond_resched();
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 	}
+	wb_update_bandwidth(wb);
 	return ret;
 }