diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 7d498f4a3f90..b549cfd2d7d3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -688,6 +688,10 @@ int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
 		goto convert;
 	}
 
+	ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc.bh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, 0, flags);
@@ -716,7 +720,7 @@ int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
 out_up_read:
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 out:
-	if (handle)
+	if (handle && (ret != 1))
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 	return ret;
@@ -758,6 +762,7 @@ int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
 
 	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out:
 	return copied;
 }
@@ -904,7 +909,6 @@ retry_journal:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, 0, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -922,6 +926,9 @@ retry_journal:
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_release_page;
 	}
+	ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc.bh);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_release_page;
 
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	*pagep = page;
@@ -942,7 +949,6 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 				  unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 				  struct page *page)
 {
-	int i_size_changed = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len, copied, page);
@@ -960,10 +966,8 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 	 * But it's important to update i_size while still holding page lock:
 	 * page writeout could otherwise come in and zero beyond i_size.
 	 */
-	if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) {
+	if (pos+copied > inode->i_size)
 		i_size_write(inode, pos+copied);
-		i_size_changed = 1;
-	}
 	unlock_page(page);
 	put_page(page);
 
@@ -973,8 +977,7 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 	 * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
 	 * filesystems.
 	 */
-	if (i_size_changed)
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	return copied;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c2efe4d2ad87..f9baa59de0e2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1388,9 +1388,10 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	loff_t old_size = inode->i_size;
 	int ret = 0, ret2;
 	int i_size_changed = 0;
+	int inline_data = ext4_has_inline_data(inode);
 
 	trace_ext4_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+	if (inline_data) {
 		ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len,
 						 copied, page);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1418,7 +1419,7 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	 * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
 	 * filesystems.
 	 */
-	if (i_size_changed)
+	if (i_size_changed || inline_data)
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext4_can_truncate(inode))
@@ -1492,6 +1493,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	int partial = 0;
 	unsigned from, to;
 	int size_changed = 0;
+	int inline_data = ext4_has_inline_data(inode);
 
 	trace_ext4_journalled_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
 	from = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -1499,7 +1501,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 
 	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
 
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+	if (inline_data) {
 		ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len,
 						 copied, page);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1530,7 +1532,7 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(struct file *file,
 	if (old_size < pos)
 		pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, pos);
 
-	if (size_changed) {
+	if (size_changed || inline_data) {
 		ret2 = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = ret2;
@@ -2027,11 +2029,7 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 	}
 
 	if (inline_data) {
-		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bh, "get write access");
-		ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bh);
-
-		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, inode_bh);
-
+		ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	} else {
 		ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, len, NULL,
 					     do_journal_get_write_access);