diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1a2421f..3c9a03e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -44,24 +44,28 @@
 {
 	return &BDEV_I(inode)->bdev;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(I_BDEV);
 
 /*
- * move the inode from it's current bdi to the a new bdi. if the inode is dirty
- * we need to move it onto the dirty list of @dst so that the inode is always
- * on the right list.
+ * Move the inode from its current bdi to a new bdi. If the inode is dirty we
+ * need to move it onto the dirty list of @dst so that the inode is always on
+ * the right list.
  */
 static void bdev_inode_switch_bdi(struct inode *inode,
 			struct backing_dev_info *dst)
 {
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	struct backing_dev_info *old = inode->i_data.backing_dev_info;
+
+	if (unlikely(dst == old))		/* deadlock avoidance */
+		return;
+	bdi_lock_two(&old->wb, &dst->wb);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = dst;
 	if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)
 		list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &dst->wb.b_dirty);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&old->wb.list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dst->wb.list_lock);
 }
 
 static sector_t max_block(struct block_device *bdev)
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 664acdb..36a3091 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -181,11 +181,12 @@
  */
 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
-}
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
 
+	spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+	spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+}
 
 /*
  * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
@@ -196,11 +197,9 @@
  * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
  * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
  */
-static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
+static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
-	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
-
-	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
 		struct inode *tail;
 
@@ -214,11 +213,9 @@
 /*
  * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
  */
-static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
+static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
-	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
-
-	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
 }
 
@@ -226,7 +223,7 @@
 {
 	/*
 	 * Prevent speculative execution through
-	 * spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	 * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	 */
 
 	smp_mb();
@@ -302,7 +299,7 @@
  */
 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
 {
-	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
 	move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
 }
@@ -317,7 +314,8 @@
 /*
  * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
  */
-static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
+static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 	wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
@@ -325,15 +323,15 @@
 	wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 	while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 		__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
- * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_wb_list_lock and
+ * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under wb->list_lock and
  * inode->i_lock.  Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
  * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
  *
@@ -344,13 +342,14 @@
  * livelocks, etc.
  */
 static int
-writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+		       struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	unsigned dirty;
 	int ret;
 
-	assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
 	assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
@@ -368,14 +367,14 @@
 		 * completed a full scan of b_io.
 		 */
 		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
-			requeue_io(inode);
+			requeue_io(inode, wb);
 			return 0;
 		}
 
 		/*
 		 * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
 		 */
-		inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+		inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@
 	inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@
 				/*
 				 * slice used up: queue for next turn
 				 */
-				requeue_io(inode);
+				requeue_io(inode, wb);
 			} else {
 				/*
 				 * Writeback blocked by something other than
@@ -447,7 +446,7 @@
 				 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
 				 * that cannot be performed immediately.
 				 */
-				redirty_tail(inode);
+				redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 			}
 		} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
 			/*
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@
 			 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
 			 * completion.
 			 */
-			redirty_tail(inode);
+			redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * The inode is clean.  At this point we either have
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@
 				 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
 				 * to it back onto the dirty list.
 				 */
-				redirty_tail(inode);
+				redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -541,7 +540,7 @@
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			requeue_io(inode);
+			requeue_io(inode, wb);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -557,19 +556,19 @@
 		__iget(inode);
 
 		pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
-		writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
+		writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
 		if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
 			/*
 			 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
 			 * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
 			 */
-			redirty_tail(inode);
+			redirty_tail(inode, wb);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 		iput(inode);
 		cond_resched();
-		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 		if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
 			wbc->more_io = 1;
 			return 1;
@@ -588,7 +587,7 @@
 
 	if (!wbc->wb_start)
 		wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 
 	if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
@@ -598,7 +597,7 @@
 		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 		if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
-			requeue_io(inode);
+			requeue_io(inode, wb);
 			continue;
 		}
 		ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
@@ -607,7 +606,7 @@
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	/* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
 }
 
@@ -616,11 +615,11 @@
 {
 	WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 		queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
 	writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -762,15 +761,15 @@
 		 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
 		 * we'll just busyloop.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 		if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
 			inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
 			trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+			inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	}
 
 	return wrote;
@@ -1104,10 +1103,10 @@
 			}
 
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+			spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 			list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
-			spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
 
 			if (wakeup_bdi)
 				bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
@@ -1309,6 +1308,7 @@
  */
 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 {
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
 	int ret;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
@@ -1321,11 +1321,11 @@
 		wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
 
 	might_sleep();
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
+	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	if (sync)
 		inode_sync_wait(inode);
 	return ret;
@@ -1345,13 +1345,14 @@
  */
 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
+	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0f7e88a..4be128c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *   inode_lru, inode->i_lru
  * inode_sb_list_lock protects:
  *   sb->s_inodes, inode->i_sb_list
- * inode_wb_list_lock protects:
+ * bdi->wb.list_lock protects:
  *   bdi->wb.b_{dirty,io,more_io}, inode->i_wb_list
  * inode_hash_lock protects:
  *   inode_hashtable, inode->i_hash
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  *   inode->i_lock
  *     inode_lru_lock
  *
- * inode_wb_list_lock
+ * bdi->wb.list_lock
  *   inode->i_lock
  *
  * inode_hash_lock
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lru_lock);
 
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_sb_list_lock);
-__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_wb_list_lock);
 
 /*
  * iprune_sem provides exclusion between the icache shrinking and the