diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1767493dffda..0a498bc60f55 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	long progress;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
+	bool queued = false;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	for (;;) {
@@ -2086,8 +2087,10 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			dirtied_before = jiffies;
 
 		trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
-		if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+		if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
 			queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before);
+			queued = true;
+		}
 		if (work->sb)
 			progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
 		else
@@ -2102,7 +2105,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
 		 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
 		 */
-		if (progress) {
+		if (progress || !queued) {
 			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 			continue;
 		}