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diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 7378169e90be..206a68b1db1a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2149,7 +2149,12 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 		iput(old_inode);
 		old_inode = inode;
 
-		filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+		/*
+		 * We keep the error status of individual mapping so that
+		 * applications can catch the writeback error using fsync(2).
+		 * See filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors() for details.
+		 */
+		filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(mapping);
 
 		cond_resched();