diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 7c20a23c0ed7..6ad76397b31d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2046,7 +2046,8 @@ out_write_size:
 		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 		di->i_mtime = di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
 		di->i_mtime_nsec = di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
-		ocfs2_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
+		if (handle)
+			ocfs2_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
 	}
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, wc->w_di_bh);