diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 54b3c31c2f0d..30f6f27d5a59 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1171,6 +1171,8 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 			bool wakeup_bdi = false;
 			bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
 
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
 			if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
 				WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
 				     "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
@@ -1185,8 +1187,6 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 					wakeup_bdi = true;
 			}
 
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 			list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
 			spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);