diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 6af24fe4ae2d..9a5ad0f0d3ed 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		 * Note that directories do not have this problem because they
 		 * don't use page cache.
 		 */
-		if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
-		    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) &&
-		    inode->i_ino != EXT4_JOURNAL_INO) {
+		if (inode->i_ino != EXT4_JOURNAL_INO &&
+		    ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
+		    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) {
 			journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
 			tid_t commit_tid = EXT4_I(inode)->i_datasync_tid;