diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index 94c8073b49e75c96de6012635cd381c335c7f45c..d1a2e662440178e87c8240a1fa70f5cdf4731cef 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ int ext4_inode_journal_mode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL)
 		return EXT4_INODE_WRITEBACK_DATA_MODE;	/* writeback */
-	/*
-	 * Ordered mode is no longer needed for the inode that use the
-	 * iomap path, always use writeback mode.
-	 */
-	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_BUFFERED_IOMAP))
-		return EXT4_INODE_WRITEBACK_DATA_MODE;	/* writeback */
 	/* We do not support data journalling with delayed allocation */
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 	    ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EA_INODE) ||
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index 0c77697d5e90d075364bb67dbc281a7fde89ea9d..c52d1caf6622fa17aa77798b4d7715f527c5572e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -467,6 +467,13 @@ static inline int ext4_should_journal_data(struct inode *inode)
 
 static inline int ext4_should_order_data(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Ordered mode is no longer needed for the inode that use the
+	 * iomap path, always use writeback mode.
+	 */
+	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_BUFFERED_IOMAP))
+		return 0;	/* writeback */
+
 	return ext4_inode_journal_mode(inode) & EXT4_INODE_ORDERED_DATA_MODE;
 }