diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 84c0eb55071d..ce3ca5088324 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2717,6 +2717,7 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto out_writepages;
 		}
+		BUG_ON(ext4_convert_inline_data(inode));
 		BUG_ON(ext4_test_inode_state(inode,
 				EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA));
 		ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle, inode);