diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index d2d6d5c761e8db60931562c02058e6d32d0ecac5..3b97d2f51ec91e093494352cb1a706429896457b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ void nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, bool silent)
  * nilfs_clear_dirty_page - discard dirty page
  * @page: dirty page that will be discarded
  * @silent: suppress [true] or print [false] warning messages
+ *
+ * nilfs_clear_dirty_page() clears working states including dirty state for
+ * the page and its buffers.  If the page has buffers, clear only if it is
+ * confirmed that none of the buffer heads are busy (none have valid
+ * references and none are locked).
  */
 void nilfs_clear_dirty_page(struct page *page, bool silent)
 {
@@ -402,10 +407,6 @@ void nilfs_clear_dirty_page(struct page *page, bool silent)
 		nilfs_warn(sb, "discard dirty page: offset=%lld, ino=%lu",
 			   page_offset(page), inode->i_ino);
 
-	ClearPageUptodate(page);
-	ClearPageMappedToDisk(page);
-	ClearPageChecked(page);
-
 	if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 		const unsigned long clear_bits =
@@ -413,8 +414,28 @@ void nilfs_clear_dirty_page(struct page *page, bool silent)
 			 BIT(BH_Async_Write) | BIT(BH_NILFS_Volatile) |
 			 BIT(BH_NILFS_Checked) | BIT(BH_NILFS_Redirected) |
 			 BIT(BH_Delay));
+		bool busy, invalidated = false;
 
-		bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+		head = page_buffers(page);
+recheck_buffers:
+		busy = false;
+		bh = head;
+		do {
+			if (atomic_read(&bh->b_count) | buffer_locked(bh)) {
+				busy = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		} while (bh = bh->b_this_page, bh != head);
+
+		if (busy) {
+			if (invalidated)
+				return;
+			invalidate_bh_lrus();
+			invalidated = true;
+			goto recheck_buffers;
+		}
+
+		bh = head;
 		do {
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 			if (!silent)
@@ -427,6 +448,9 @@ void nilfs_clear_dirty_page(struct page *page, bool silent)
 		} while (bh = bh->b_this_page, bh != head);
 	}
 
+	ClearPageUptodate(page);
+	ClearPageMappedToDisk(page);
+	ClearPageChecked(page);
 	__nilfs_clear_page_dirty(page);
 }