diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index a456801e0cd5..d9d90f0b66d2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ static noinline ssize_t btrfs_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		only_release_metadata = false;
 		sector_offset = pos & (fs_info->sectorsize - 1);
 		reserve_bytes = round_up(write_bytes + sector_offset,
 				fs_info->sectorsize);
@@ -1791,7 +1792,6 @@ static noinline ssize_t btrfs_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 			set_extent_bit(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, lockstart,
 				       lockend, EXTENT_NORESERVE, NULL,
 				       NULL, GFP_NOFS);
-			only_release_metadata = false;
 		}
 
 		btrfs_drop_pages(pages, num_pages);