diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lustre_patchless_compat.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lustre_patchless_compat.h
index a260e99a4447..d72605864b0a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lustre_patchless_compat.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/linux/lustre_patchless_compat.h
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ truncate_complete_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
 	if (PagePrivate(page))
 		page->mapping->a_ops->invalidatepage(page, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-	cancel_dirty_page(page, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (TestClearPageDirty(page))
+		account_page_cleaned(page, mapping);
+
 	ClearPageMappedToDisk(page);
 	ll_delete_from_page_cache(page);
 }
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 20805db2c987..c7a5602d01ee 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3243,8 +3243,8 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page)
 	 * to synchronise against __set_page_dirty_buffers and prevent the
 	 * dirty bit from being lost.
 	 */
-	if (ret)
-		cancel_dirty_page(page, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	if (ret && TestClearPageDirty(page))
+		account_page_cleaned(page, mapping);
 	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 out:
 	if (buffers_to_free) {
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index c274aca8e8dc..db76cec3ce21 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 static void truncate_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
-	cancel_dirty_page(page, /* No IO accounting for huge pages? */0);
+	ClearPageDirty(page);
 	ClearPageUptodate(page);
 	delete_from_page_cache(page);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 849ed784d6ac..759931088094 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1876,11 +1876,6 @@ int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 		 * request from the inode / page_private pointer and
 		 * release it */
 		nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
-		/*
-		 * In case nfs_inode_remove_request has marked the
-		 * page as being dirty
-		 */
-		cancel_dirty_page(page, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index cccbbba12b9d..6571dd78e984 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1294,9 +1294,11 @@ int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page);
 int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				struct page *page);
 void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping);
+void account_page_cleaned(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping);
 int set_page_dirty(struct page *page);
 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page);
 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page);
+
 int get_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int buflen);
 
 /* Is the vma a continuation of the stack vma above it? */
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 5ed7bdaf22d5..c851ff92d5b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ static inline void SetPageUptodate(struct page *page)
 
 CLEARPAGEFLAG(Uptodate, uptodate)
 
-extern void cancel_dirty_page(struct page *page, unsigned int account_size);
-
 int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page);
 int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page, bool keep_write);
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index ad7242043bdb..434dba317400 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -203,16 +203,15 @@ void __delete_from_page_cache(struct page *page, void *shadow)
 	BUG_ON(page_mapped(page));
 
 	/*
-	 * Some filesystems seem to re-dirty the page even after
-	 * the VM has canceled the dirty bit (eg ext3 journaling).
+	 * At this point page must be either written or cleaned by truncate.
+	 * Dirty page here signals a bug and loss of unwritten data.
 	 *
-	 * Fix it up by doing a final dirty accounting check after
-	 * having removed the page entirely.
+	 * This fixes dirty accounting after removing the page entirely but
+	 * leaves PageDirty set: it has no effect for truncated page and
+	 * anyway will be cleared before returning page into buddy allocator.
 	 */
-	if (PageDirty(page) && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
-		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
-		dec_bdi_stat(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host), BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
-	}
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(PageDirty(page)))
+		account_page_cleaned(page, mapping);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 644bcb665773..0372411f38fc 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2110,6 +2110,25 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied);
 
+/*
+ * Helper function for deaccounting dirty page without writeback.
+ *
+ * Doing this should *normally* only ever be done when a page
+ * is truncated, and is not actually mapped anywhere at all. However,
+ * fs/buffer.c does this when it notices that somebody has cleaned
+ * out all the buffers on a page without actually doing it through
+ * the VM. Can you say "ext3 is horribly ugly"? Thought you could.
+ */
+void account_page_cleaned(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
+		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
+		dec_bdi_stat(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host), BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+		task_io_account_cancelled_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_cleaned);
+
 /*
  * For address_spaces which do not use buffers.  Just tag the page as dirty in
  * its radix tree.
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index ddec5a5966d7..7a9d8a3cb143 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -92,35 +92,6 @@ void do_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned int offset,
 		(*invalidatepage)(page, offset, length);
 }
 
-/*
- * This cancels just the dirty bit on the kernel page itself, it
- * does NOT actually remove dirty bits on any mmap's that may be
- * around. It also leaves the page tagged dirty, so any sync
- * activity will still find it on the dirty lists, and in particular,
- * clear_page_dirty_for_io() will still look at the dirty bits in
- * the VM.
- *
- * Doing this should *normally* only ever be done when a page
- * is truncated, and is not actually mapped anywhere at all. However,
- * fs/buffer.c does this when it notices that somebody has cleaned
- * out all the buffers on a page without actually doing it through
- * the VM. Can you say "ext3 is horribly ugly"? Tought you could.
- */
-void cancel_dirty_page(struct page *page, unsigned int account_size)
-{
-	if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
-		struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-		if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
-			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
-			dec_bdi_stat(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host),
-					BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
-			if (account_size)
-				task_io_account_cancelled_write(account_size);
-		}
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_dirty_page);
-
 /*
  * If truncate cannot remove the fs-private metadata from the page, the page
  * becomes orphaned.  It will be left on the LRU and may even be mapped into
@@ -140,7 +111,13 @@ truncate_complete_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
 	if (page_has_private(page))
 		do_invalidatepage(page, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-	cancel_dirty_page(page, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	/*
+	 * Some filesystems seem to re-dirty the page even after
+	 * the VM has canceled the dirty bit (eg ext3 journaling).
+	 * Hence dirty accounting check is placed after invalidation.
+	 */
+	if (TestClearPageDirty(page))
+		account_page_cleaned(page, mapping);
 
 	ClearPageMappedToDisk(page);
 	delete_from_page_cache(page);