diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index be2f426..d574a85 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@
 
 static inline int ext4_should_writeback_data(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL)
-		return 0;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return 0;
+	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL)
+		return 1;
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_JOURNAL_DATA_FL)
 		return 0;
 	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)