diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d8c21e5..7845462 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -502,16 +502,6 @@
 	long background_thresh;
 	long dirty_thresh;
 
-	if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) {
-		/*
-		 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
-		 * or progress in the filesystem.  So we cannot just sit here
-		 * waiting for IO to complete.
-		 */
-		congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
-		return;
-	}
-
         for ( ; ; ) {
 		get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
 
@@ -525,6 +515,14 @@
 			global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
                         	break;
                 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
+
+		/*
+		 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
+		 * or progress in the filesystem.  So we cannot just sit here
+		 * waiting for IO to complete.
+		 */
+		if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
+			break;
         }
 }