diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index de70f19bfa7e..8c37626e4c01 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5114,11 +5114,15 @@ static void ext4_wait_for_tail_page_commit(struct inode *inode)
 
 	offset = inode->i_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 	/*
-	 * All buffers in the last page remain valid? Then there's nothing to
-	 * do. We do the check mainly to optimize the common PAGE_SIZE ==
-	 * blocksize case
+	 * If the page is fully truncated, we don't need to wait for any commit
+	 * (and we even should not as __ext4_journalled_invalidatepage() may
+	 * strip all buffers from the page but keep the page dirty which can then
+	 * confuse e.g. concurrent ext4_writepage() seeing dirty page without
+	 * buffers). Also we don't need to wait for any commit if all buffers in
+	 * the page remain valid. This is most beneficial for the common case of
+	 * blocksize == PAGESIZE.
 	 */
-	if (offset > PAGE_SIZE - i_blocksize(inode))
+	if (!offset || offset > (PAGE_SIZE - i_blocksize(inode)))
 		return;
 	while (1) {
 		page = find_lock_page(inode->i_mapping,