diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4678612f82e8..ce99807c5f5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1560,7 +1560,8 @@ static int ext4_journalled_write_end(const struct kiocb *iocb,
 
 	BUG_ON(!ext4_handle_valid(handle));
 
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode) &&
+	    ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA))
 		return ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len, copied,
 						  folio);