diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 48db5e6..1d30249 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -130,6 +130,35 @@ static void __wb_start_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 	wb_queue_work(wb, work);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
+
+/**
+ * inode_congested - test whether an inode is congested
+ * @inode: inode to test for congestion
+ * @cong_bits: mask of WB_[a]sync_congested bits to test
+ *
+ * Tests whether @inode is congested.  @cong_bits is the mask of congestion
+ * bits to test and the return value is the mask of set bits.
+ *
+ * If cgroup writeback is enabled for @inode, the congestion state is
+ * determined by whether the cgwb (cgroup bdi_writeback) for the blkcg
+ * associated with @inode is congested; otherwise, the root wb's congestion
+ * state is used.
+ */
+int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits)
+{
+	if (inode) {
+		struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
+		if (wb)
+			return wb_congested(wb, cong_bits);
+	}
+
+	return wb_congested(&inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, cong_bits);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_congested);
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
+
 /**
  * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
  * @bdi: the backing device to write from
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 2c498a2..6f08821 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct bdi_writeback *wb_get_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
 void wb_memcg_offline(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 void wb_blkcg_offline(struct blkcg *blkcg);
+int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits);
 
 /**
  * inode_cgwb_enabled - test whether cgroup writeback is enabled on an inode
@@ -438,8 +439,29 @@ static inline void wb_blkcg_offline(struct blkcg *blkcg)
 {
 }
 
+static inline int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits)
+{
+	return wb_congested(&inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, cong_bits);
+}
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
 
+static inline int inode_read_congested(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode_congested(inode, 1 << WB_sync_congested);
+}
+
+static inline int inode_write_congested(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode_congested(inode, 1 << WB_async_congested);
+}
+
+static inline int inode_rw_congested(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode_congested(inode, (1 << WB_sync_congested) |
+				      (1 << WB_async_congested));
+}
+
 static inline int bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int cong_bits)
 {
 	return wb_congested(&bdi->wb, cong_bits);
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 4a3907c..b8a5bc6 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(fadvise64_64, int, fd, loff_t, offset, loff_t, len, int, advice)
 	case POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE:
 		break;
 	case POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED:
-		if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
+		if (!inode_write_congested(mapping->host))
 			__filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte,
 						   WB_SYNC_NONE);
 
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 9356758..60cd846 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 	/*
 	 * Defer asynchronous read-ahead on IO congestion.
 	 */
-	if (bdi_read_congested(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host)))
+	if (inode_read_congested(mapping->host))
 		return;
 
 	/* do read-ahead */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7582f9f..f463398 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -452,14 +452,13 @@ static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
 	return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 2;
 }
 
-static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-			      struct scan_control *sc)
+static int may_write_to_inode(struct inode *inode, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
 		return 1;
-	if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
+	if (!inode_write_congested(inode))
 		return 1;
-	if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
+	if (inode_to_bdi(inode) == current->backing_dev_info)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
 	}
 	if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
 		return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
-	if (!may_write_to_queue(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host), sc))
+	if (!may_write_to_inode(mapping->host, sc))
 		return PAGE_KEEP;
 
 	if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
@@ -924,7 +923,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 */
 		mapping = page_mapping(page);
 		if (((dirty || writeback) && mapping &&
-		     bdi_write_congested(inode_to_bdi(mapping->host))) ||
+		     inode_write_congested(mapping->host)) ||
 		    (writeback && PageReclaim(page)))
 			nr_congested++;
 
