diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d7732320431a..abb49f6c6ff4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2895,9 +2895,6 @@ retry:
 	if (IS_ERR(folio))
 		return PTR_ERR(folio);
 
-	/* In case writeback began while the folio was unlocked */
-	folio_wait_stable(folio);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION
 	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, pos, len, ext4_da_get_block_prep);
 #else