diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6651a58..6122141 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@
 		if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
 			/* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
 			ClearPageReclaim(page);
+			if (PageError(page))
+				return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
 		}
 		trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page, trace_reclaim_flags(page));
 		inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);