diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 83bc8bfb3bea..d6674479269d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -686,6 +686,34 @@ out_sem:
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Update EXT4_MAP_FLAGS in bh->b_state. For buffer heads attached to pages
+ * we have to be careful as someone else may be manipulating b_state as well.
+ */
+static void ext4_update_bh_state(struct buffer_head *bh, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	unsigned long old_state;
+	unsigned long new_state;
+
+	flags &= EXT4_MAP_FLAGS;
+
+	/* Dummy buffer_head? Set non-atomically. */
+	if (!bh->b_page) {
+		bh->b_state = (bh->b_state & ~EXT4_MAP_FLAGS) | flags;
+		return;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Someone else may be modifying b_state. Be careful! This is ugly but
+	 * once we get rid of using bh as a container for mapping information
+	 * to pass to / from get_block functions, this can go away.
+	 */
+	do {
+		old_state = READ_ONCE(bh->b_state);
+		new_state = (old_state & ~EXT4_MAP_FLAGS) | flags;
+	} while (unlikely(
+		 cmpxchg(&bh->b_state, old_state, new_state) != old_state));
+}
+
 /* Maximum number of blocks we map for direct IO at once. */
 #define DIO_MAX_BLOCKS 4096
 
@@ -722,7 +750,7 @@ static int _ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		ext4_io_end_t *io_end = ext4_inode_aio(inode);
 
 		map_bh(bh, inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk);
-		bh->b_state = (bh->b_state & ~EXT4_MAP_FLAGS) | map.m_flags;
+		ext4_update_bh_state(bh, map.m_flags);
 		if (io_end && io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)
 			set_buffer_defer_completion(bh);
 		bh->b_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize * map.m_len;
@@ -1685,7 +1713,7 @@ int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		return ret;
 
 	map_bh(bh, inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk);
-	bh->b_state = (bh->b_state & ~EXT4_MAP_FLAGS) | map.m_flags;
+	ext4_update_bh_state(bh, map.m_flags);
 
 	if (buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
 		/* A delayed write to unwritten bh should be marked