diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 2b5ef1b64249..5d9a4d8cfc16 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,8 @@ static int ext4_write_end(struct file *file,
 
 	trace_ext4_write_end(inode, pos, len, copied);
 
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode) &&
+	    ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA))
 		return ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len, copied, page);
 
 	copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);