diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 274318e9114e..3495710c72b8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4182,8 +4182,6 @@ static int __btrfs_free_reserved_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (pin)
 		pin_down_extent(cache, start, len, 1);
 	else {
-		if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, DISCARD))
-			ret = btrfs_discard_extent(fs_info, start, len, NULL);
 		btrfs_add_free_space(cache, start, len);
 		btrfs_free_reserved_bytes(cache, len, delalloc);
 		trace_btrfs_reserved_extent_free(fs_info, start, len);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c70baafb2a39..c1cee6a01c35 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3250,10 +3250,19 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered_extent)
 		if ((ret || !logical_len) &&
 		    clear_reserved_extent &&
 		    !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_NOCOW, &ordered_extent->flags) &&
-		    !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC, &ordered_extent->flags))
+		    !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
+			/*
+			 * Discard the range before returning it back to the
+			 * free space pool
+			 */
+			if (ret && btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, DISCARD))
+				btrfs_discard_extent(fs_info,
+						ordered_extent->start,
+						ordered_extent->disk_len, NULL);
 			btrfs_free_reserved_extent(fs_info,
 						   ordered_extent->start,
 						   ordered_extent->disk_len, 1);
+		}
 	}