diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index be4ebdd8048b..28c09c25b823 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -851,12 +851,10 @@ static int ntfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 static int ntfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
 	/* Redirect call to 'ntfs_writepage' for resident files. */
-	get_block_t *get_block = is_resident(ni) ? NULL : &ntfs_get_block;
-
-	return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, get_block);
+	if (is_resident(ntfs_i(mapping->host)))
+		return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+	return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, ntfs_get_block);
 }
 
 static int ntfs_get_block_write_begin(struct inode *inode, sector_t vbn,