diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 665d446b25bc..ff4d1cdd779b 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page,
 			__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 			__inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
 					BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+			task_dirty_inc(current);
 			task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 		}
 		radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7dc04ff5ab89..10074212a35b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ extern int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
 
 /* mm/page-writeback.c */
 int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait);
+void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 /* readahead.c */
 #define VM_MAX_READAHEAD	128	/* kbytes */
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 3c84128596ba..74dc57c74349 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
 
-static inline void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
 }
@@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
 				__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 				__inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
 						BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+				task_dirty_inc(current);
 				task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 			}
 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
@@ -1262,7 +1263,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
  * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
  * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
  */
-static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
 
@@ -1280,14 +1281,6 @@ static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-
-int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
-{
-	int ret = __set_page_dirty(page);
-	if (ret)
-		task_dirty_inc(current);
-	return ret;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
 
 /*