diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 9af5f061a1f8..6f099847240e 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,9 @@ static void __bh_submit(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t opf,
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(bh->b_bdev, 1, opf, GFP_NOIO);
 
+	if (folio_test_dropbehind(bh->b_folio) && op_is_write(opf))
+		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_COMPLETE_IN_TASK);
+
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION))
 		buffer_set_crypto_ctx(bio, bh, GFP_NOIO);