diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 586042472ac9..eb34d204d4ee 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__test_set_page_writeback);
  */
 void wait_on_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (PageWriteback(page)) {
+	while (PageWriteback(page)) {
 		trace_wait_on_page_writeback(page, page_mapping(page));
 		wait_on_page_bit(page, PG_writeback);
 	}