diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 3ba0809e0be8..6135787500fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,20 @@ xfs_vm_releasepage(
 
 	trace_xfs_releasepage(page->mapping->host, page, 0, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * mm accommodates an old ext3 case where clean pages might not have had
+	 * the dirty bit cleared. Thus, it can send actual dirty pages to
+	 * ->releasepage() via shrink_active_list(). Conversely,
+	 * block_invalidatepage() can send pages that are still marked dirty
+	 * but otherwise have invalidated buffers.
+	 *
+	 * We've historically freed buffers on the latter. Instead, quietly
+	 * filter out all dirty pages to avoid spurious buffer state warnings.
+	 * This can likely be removed once shrink_active_list() is fixed.
+	 */
+	if (PageDirty(page))
+		return 0;
+
 	xfs_count_page_state(page, &delalloc, &unwritten);
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(delalloc))