diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 2caf780a42e7..ab5a3cee8ad3 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2182,12 +2182,12 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
 			range_whole = 1;
 	}
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
-		tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE;
-	else
-		tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages) {
 		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
+		tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE;
+	} else {
+		tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
+	}
 	done_index = index;
 	while (!done && (index <= end)) {
 		int i;