diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index d05606052..73b547f88 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,7 @@ static noinline ssize_t __btrfs_buffered_write(struct file *file,
 		}
 
 		reserve_bytes = num_pages << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		only_release_metadata = false;
 
 		if ((BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & (BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW |
 					      BTRFS_INODE_PREALLOC)) &&
@@ -1659,7 +1660,6 @@ again:
 			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);