diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index fffec40d5996..848f436df29f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2807,8 +2807,8 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
 
 	/* queue the work to convert unwritten extents to written */
-	queue_work(wq, &io_end->work);
 	iocb->private = NULL;
+	queue_work(wq, &io_end->work);
 
 	/* XXX: probably should move into the real I/O completion handler */
 	inode_dio_done(inode);