diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index b984647c24db..2f502537a39c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -434,10 +434,22 @@ xfs_start_page_writeback(
 {
 	ASSERT(PageLocked(page));
 	ASSERT(!PageWriteback(page));
-	if (clear_dirty)
+
+	/*
+	 * if the page was not fully cleaned, we need to ensure that the higher
+	 * layers come back to it correctly. That means we need to keep the page
+	 * dirty, and for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback we need to ensure the
+	 * PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE index mark is not removed so another attempt to
+	 * write this page in this writeback sweep will be made.
+	 */
+	if (clear_dirty) {
 		clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
-	set_page_writeback(page);
+		set_page_writeback(page);
+	} else
+		set_page_writeback_keepwrite(page);
+
 	unlock_page(page);
+
 	/* If no buffers on the page are to be written, finish it here */
 	if (!buffers)
 		end_page_writeback(page);