diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 69360b08db73..35c72f8fee75 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1425,7 +1425,8 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 	int inline_data = ext4_has_inline_data(inode);
 
 	trace_ext4_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
-	if (inline_data) {
+	if (inline_data &&
+	    ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)) {
 		ret = ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len,
 						 copied, page);
 		if (ret < 0) {