diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5035dfebdbaf..f4e9521cb8e7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3285,10 +3285,7 @@ static inline void ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(struct inode *inode)
 #define EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ		37
 #define ext4_ioend_wq(v)   (&ext4__ioend_wq[((unsigned long)(v)) %\
 					    EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ])
-#define ext4_aio_mutex(v)  (&ext4__aio_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) %\
-					     EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ])
 extern wait_queue_head_t ext4__ioend_wq[EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ];
-extern struct mutex ext4__aio_mutex[EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ];
 
 #define EXT4_RESIZING	0
 extern int ext4_resize_begin(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 474f1a4d2ca8..4a1153561580 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -93,31 +93,29 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
-	struct mutex *aio_mutex = NULL;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	int o_direct = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT;
+	int unaligned_aio = 0;
 	int overwrite = 0;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Unaligned direct AIO must be serialized; see comment above
-	 * In the case of O_APPEND, assume that we must always serialize
-	 */
-	if (o_direct &&
-	    ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS) &&
-	    !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) &&
-	    (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_APPEND ||
-	     ext4_unaligned_aio(inode, from, iocb->ki_pos))) {
-		aio_mutex = ext4_aio_mutex(inode);
-		mutex_lock(aio_mutex);
-		ext4_unwritten_wait(inode);
-	}
-
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Unaligned direct AIO must be serialized among each other as zeroing
+	 * of partial blocks of two competing unaligned AIOs can result in data
+	 * corruption.
+	 */
+	if (o_direct && ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS) &&
+	    !is_sync_kiocb(iocb) &&
+	    ext4_unaligned_aio(inode, from, iocb->ki_pos)) {
+		unaligned_aio = 1;
+		ext4_unwritten_wait(inode);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If we have encountered a bitmap-format file, the size limit
 	 * is smaller than s_maxbytes, which is for extent-mapped files.
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
 		/* check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
-		if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !aio_mutex &&
+		if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
 		    !file->f_mapping->nrpages && pos + length <= i_size_read(inode)) {
 			struct ext4_map_blocks map;
 			unsigned int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
@@ -181,14 +179,10 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	if (o_direct)
 		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
-	if (aio_mutex)
-		mutex_unlock(aio_mutex);
 	return ret;
 
 out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-	if (aio_mutex)
-		mutex_unlock(aio_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2f550519e0aa..4d5756024e98 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5321,7 +5321,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");
 
 /* Shared across all ext4 file systems */
 wait_queue_head_t ext4__ioend_wq[EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ];
-struct mutex ext4__aio_mutex[EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ];
 
 static int __init ext4_init_fs(void)
 {
@@ -5334,10 +5333,8 @@ static int __init ext4_init_fs(void)
 	/* Build-time check for flags consistency */
 	ext4_check_flag_values();
 
-	for (i = 0; i < EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ; i++) {
-		mutex_init(&ext4__aio_mutex[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < EXT4_WQ_HASH_SZ; i++)
 		init_waitqueue_head(&ext4__ioend_wq[i]);
-	}
 
 	err = ext4_init_es();
 	if (err)