diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index b9f4c6f..5557529 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_page(page);
+	lock_page_nosync(page);
 	ret = set_page_dirty(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return ret;