diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 3424e82392ad..f6caaac83731 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2796,9 +2796,7 @@ static int write_cache_pages_da(struct address_space *mapping,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (PageWriteback(page))
-				wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-
+			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 			BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
 
 			if (mpd->next_page != page->index)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index b9f3e7862f13..2b8304bf3c50 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -876,8 +876,7 @@ move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct inode *donor_inode,
 	 * It needs to call wait_on_page_writeback() to wait for the
 	 * writeback of the page.
 	 */
-	if (PageWriteback(page))
-		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 
 	/* Release old bh and drop refs */
 	try_to_release_page(page, 0);