diff -urN 2.4.2/mm/filemap.c 2.4.2aa/mm/filemap.c
--- 2.4.2/mm/filemap.c	Wed Feb 21 18:45:13 2001
+++ 2.4.2aa/mm/filemap.c	Wed Feb 21 18:46:04 2001
@@ -610,11 +610,10 @@
 
 	add_wait_queue(&page->wait, &wait);
 	do {
-		sync_page(page);
 		set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (!PageLocked(page))
 			break;
-		run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
+		sync_page(page);
 		schedule();
 	} while (PageLocked(page));
 	tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING;
@@ -632,12 +631,10 @@
 
 	add_wait_queue_exclusive(&page->wait, &wait);
 	for (;;) {
-		sync_page(page);
 		set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (PageLocked(page)) {
-			run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
+			sync_page(page);
 			schedule();
-			continue;
 		}
 		if (!TryLockPage(page))
 			break;