diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
index 9a0d32e4b422..8f13ca8fbc74 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_write.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	enum netfs_how_to_modify howto;
 	enum netfs_folio_trace trace;
 	unsigned int bdp_flags = (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_SYNC) ? 0: BDP_ASYNC;
-	ssize_t written = 0, ret;
+	ssize_t written = 0, ret, ret2;
 	loff_t i_size, pos = iocb->ki_pos, from, to;
 	size_t max_chunk = PAGE_SIZE << MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER;
 	bool maybe_trouble = false;
@@ -395,10 +395,12 @@ ssize_t netfs_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 
 out:
 	if (unlikely(wreq)) {
-		ret = netfs_end_writethrough(wreq, iocb);
+		ret2 = netfs_end_writethrough(wreq, iocb);
 		wbc_detach_inode(&wbc);
-		if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			return ret;
+		if (ret2 == -EIOCBQUEUED)
+			return ret2;
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = ret2;
 	}
 
 	iocb->ki_pos += written;