diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index ebeec7530cb6..7de0c9562b70 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2054,7 +2054,8 @@ 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);