diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 9f2d412fc560..8a8cd4fc9238 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -245,9 +245,7 @@ static int lo_write_bvec(struct file *file, struct bio_vec *bvec, loff_t *ppos)
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
 
-	file_start_write(file);
 	bw = vfs_iter_write(file, &i, ppos, 0);
-	file_end_write(file);
 
 	if (likely(bw ==  bvec->bv_len))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 4e4cf6c34a77..4d447520bab8 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -332,13 +332,11 @@ static int fd_do_rw(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct file *fd,
 	}
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, is_write, bvec, sgl_nents, len);
-	if (is_write) {
-		file_start_write(fd);
+	if (is_write)
 		ret = vfs_iter_write(fd, &iter, &pos, 0);
-		file_end_write(fd);
-	} else {
+	else
 		ret = vfs_iter_read(fd, &iter, &pos, 0);
-	}
+
 	if (is_write) {
 		if (ret < 0 || ret != data_length) {
 			pr_err("%s() write returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
@@ -469,9 +467,7 @@ fd_execute_write_same(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 	}
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, nolb, len);
-	file_start_write(fd_dev->fd_file);
 	ret = vfs_iter_write(fd_dev->fd_file, &iter, &pos, 0);
-	file_end_write(fd_dev->fd_file);
 
 	kfree(bvec);
 	if (ret < 0 || ret != len) {
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index e62315c37386..148856a582a9 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 		goto finish_write;
 
 	inode_lock(coda_inode);
-	file_start_write(host_file);
 	ret = vfs_iter_write(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0);
 	coda_inode->i_size = file_inode(host_file)->i_size;
 	coda_inode->i_blocks = (coda_inode->i_size + 511) >> 9;
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(coda_inode, inode_set_ctime_current(coda_inode));
-	file_end_write(host_file);
 	inode_unlock(coda_inode);
 
 finish_write:
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 5d704461e3b4..35c9546b3396 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1186,9 +1186,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 	since = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
 	if (verf)
 		nfsd_copy_write_verifier(verf, nn);
-	file_start_write(file);
 	host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags);
-	file_end_write(file);
 	if (host_err < 0) {
 		commit_reset_write_verifier(nn, rqstp, host_err);
 		goto out_nfserr;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 131621daeb13..690b173f34fc 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -436,9 +436,7 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
 		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(ifl);
 
-		file_start_write(real.file);
 		ret = vfs_iter_write(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-		file_end_write(real.file);
 		/* Update size */
 		ovl_file_modified(file);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 4771701c896b..3aa3bce18075 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_read);
 
 static ssize_t do_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
+			     loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -894,11 +894,18 @@ ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_write(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iocb_iter_write);
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		rwf_t flags)
+		       rwf_t flags)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return do_iter_write(file, iter, ppos, flags);
+
+	file_start_write(file);
+	ret = do_iter_write(file, iter, ppos, flags);
+	file_end_write(file);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_write);