diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 2b6588a4ee73..e8b056c3e4cc 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -341,8 +341,7 @@ int ntfs_setattr(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		err = ntfs_setattr_size(vi, attr);
@@ -636,8 +635,13 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		goto out_lock;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	/*
+	 * The volume must be marked dirty before the modification is made,
+	 * without an unlocked check of the in-memory flag: ntfs_sync_fs()
+	 * can clear the bit concurrently and the modification would then
+	 * land on a volume that is clean on disk.
+	 */
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 	count = ret;
@@ -1169,11 +1173,9 @@ static long ntfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t le
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY)) {
-		err = ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
+	err = ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	inode_lock(vi);
 	if (NInoCompressed(ni) || NInoEncrypted(ni) || NInoWofCompressed(ni)) {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index 2cde39da6bee..028efad7d9c0 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ static int ntfs_create(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	ni = __ntfs_create(idmap, dir, uname, uname_len, S_IFREG | mode, 0, NULL, 0);
 	kmem_cache_free(ntfs_name_cache, uname);
@@ -1031,8 +1030,7 @@ static int ntfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	err = ntfs_delete(ni, NTFS_I(dir), uname, uname_len, true);
 	if (err)
@@ -1075,8 +1073,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_mkdir(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *di
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	ni = __ntfs_create(idmap, dir, uname, uname_len, mode, 0, NULL, 0);
 	kmem_cache_free(ntfs_name_cache, uname);
@@ -1117,8 +1114,7 @@ static int ntfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	err = ntfs_delete(ni, NTFS_I(dir), uname, uname_len, true);
 	if (err)
@@ -1304,8 +1300,7 @@ static int ntfs_rename(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
 		new_dir_first = is_subdir(new_dentry->d_parent,
 					  old_dentry->d_parent);
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&old_ni->mrec_lock, NTFS_INODE_MUTEX_NORMAL);
 	if (new_ni)
@@ -1428,8 +1423,7 @@ static int ntfs_symlink(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	ni = __ntfs_create(idmap, dir, usrc, usrc_len, S_IFLNK | 0777, 0,
 			   symname, symlen);
@@ -1473,8 +1467,7 @@ static int ntfs_mknod(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFCHR:
@@ -1520,8 +1513,7 @@ static int ntfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (!(vol->vol_flags & VOLUME_IS_DIRTY))
-		ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
+	ntfs_set_volume_flags(vol, VOLUME_IS_DIRTY);
 
 	ihold(vi);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&ni->mrec_lock, NTFS_INODE_MUTEX_NORMAL);