diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index bec33b8..0e3fc5ba 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ static vm_fault_t nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
  mapped:
-	folio_wait_stable(folio);
+	/*
+	 * Since checksumming including data blocks is performed to determine
+	 * the validity of the log to be written and used for recovery, it is
+	 * necessary to wait for writeback to finish here, regardless of the
+	 * stable write requirement of the backing device.
+	 */
+	folio_wait_writeback(folio);
  out:
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return vmf_fs_error(ret);