diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index a265d391ffe92dabd4da8a3d563706f7e267048b..822e8d95d31ef85a04c99d4bd5d8dc074c15a7fc 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@ static vm_fault_t nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
  mapped:
-	wait_for_stable_page(page);
+	/*
+	 * Since checksumming including data blocks is performed to determine
+	 * the validity of the log to be written and used for recovery, it is
+	 * necessary to wait for writeback to finish here, regardless of the
+	 * stable write requirement of the backing device.
+	 */
+	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
  out:
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);