diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1e27155797cc439d2304c0db1201bc528b3095bc..045a7213d6b61bd58d4f4c9fd4cae07a2f8e0f5f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,12 @@ int ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
  */
 static int ext4_dirty_journalled_data(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	folio_mark_dirty(bh->b_folio);
+	struct folio *folio = bh->b_folio;
+	struct inode *inode = folio->mapping->host;
+
+	/* only regular files have a_ops */
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 	return ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
 }