diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 3eca85a4d940bc683158bc2e3e64d5f40a4ddae9..dc4aceffa2c77f51fb2645c4715e032f9b88b177 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -952,17 +952,6 @@ static int hugetlbfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * mark the head page dirty
- */
-static int hugetlbfs_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
-{
-	struct page *head = compound_head(page);
-
-	SetPageDirty(head);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int hugetlbfs_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 				struct page *newpage, struct page *page,
 				enum migrate_mode mode)
@@ -1150,7 +1139,7 @@ static void hugetlbfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 static const struct address_space_operations hugetlbfs_aops = {
 	.write_begin	= hugetlbfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= hugetlbfs_write_end,
-	.set_page_dirty	= hugetlbfs_set_page_dirty,
+	.set_page_dirty	=  __set_page_dirty_no_writeback,
 	.migratepage    = hugetlbfs_migrate_page,
 	.error_remove_page	= hugetlbfs_error_remove_page,
 };