diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 93589fccdd97..397e73258631 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/*
 	 * check to see if the page is mapped already (no holes)
 	 */
-	if (PageMappedToDisk(page)) {
-		unlock_page(page);
+	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
 		goto mapped;
-	}
+
 	if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 		int fully_mapped = 1;
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 		if (fully_mapped) {
 			SetPageMappedToDisk(page);
-			unlock_page(page);
 			goto mapped;
 		}
 	}
@@ -105,16 +103,17 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	ret = block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, nilfs_get_block);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+	if (ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED) {
 		nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	nilfs_set_file_dirty(inode, 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits));
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
  mapped:
 	SetPageChecked(page);
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-	return 0;
+	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 }
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct nilfs_file_vm_ops = {