diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ce99807c5f5b..ed39c71504bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
 	int nr_wait = 0;
 	int i;
 	bool should_journal_data = ext4_should_journal_data(inode);
+	bool folio_uptodate = folio_test_uptodate(folio);
 
 	BUG_ON(!folio_test_locked(folio));
 	BUG_ON(to > folio_size(folio));
@@ -1193,13 +1194,13 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
 		head = create_empty_buffers(folio, blocksize, 0);
 	block = EXT4_PG_TO_LBLK(inode, folio->index);
 
-	for (bh = head, block_start = 0; bh != head || !block_start;
+	for (bh = head, block_start = 0;
+	     block_start < to || (!folio_uptodate && bh != head);
 	    block++, block_start = block_end, bh = bh->b_this_page) {
 		block_end = block_start + blocksize;
 		if (block_end <= from || block_start >= to) {
-			if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+			if (folio_uptodate)
 				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-			}
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(buffer_new(bh)))
@@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
 				if (should_journal_data)
 					do_journal_get_write_access(handle,
 								    inode, bh);
-				if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+				if (folio_uptodate) {
 					/*
 					 * Unlike __block_write_begin() we leave
 					 * dirtying of new uptodate buffers to
@@ -1237,7 +1238,7 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+		if (folio_uptodate) {
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			continue;
 		}