diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index fa245fe92e5a..fe2407b3d92d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4658,7 +4658,8 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) ||
+	    (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) {
@@ -4676,7 +4677,8 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync)
 			return 0;
 
-		err = ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
+		err = jbd2_complete_transaction(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal,
+						EXT4_I(inode)->i_sync_tid);
 	} else {
 		struct ext4_iloc iloc;