diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 6830ea3a6c59..cad659c2e9cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	bool ilock_shared = true;
 	int dio_flags = 0;
 
+	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA))
+		ilock_shared = false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Quick check here without any i_rwsem lock to see if it is extending
 	 * IO. A more reliable check is done in ext4_dio_write_checks() with