diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 86e58b1dcd9c..76403b1764c5 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,6 @@ done:
 		 * The page and buffer_heads can be released at any time from
 		 * here on.
 		 */
-		wbc->pages_skipped++;	/* We didn't write this page */
 	}
 	return err;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 354d68a32d4a..52bd08c0a278 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -402,10 +402,9 @@ xfs_start_page_writeback(
 		clear_page_dirty_for_io(page);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
-	if (!buffers) {
+	/* If no buffers on the page are to be written, finish it here */
+	if (!buffers)
 		end_page_writeback(page);
-		wbc->pages_skipped++;	/* We didn't write this page */
-	}
 }
 
 static inline int bio_add_buffer(struct bio *bio, struct buffer_head *bh)