diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 280c45c91ddc..e408181a5eba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1657,12 +1657,8 @@ out_check:
 			ret = fallback_to_cow(inode, locked_page, cow_start,
 					      found_key.offset - 1,
 					      page_started, nr_written);
-			if (ret) {
-				if (nocow)
-					btrfs_dec_nocow_writers(fs_info,
-								disk_bytenr);
+			if (ret)
 				goto error;
-			}
 			cow_start = (u64)-1;
 		}
 
@@ -1678,9 +1674,6 @@ out_check:
 					  ram_bytes, BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE,
 					  BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC);
 			if (IS_ERR(em)) {
-				if (nocow)
-					btrfs_dec_nocow_writers(fs_info,
-								disk_bytenr);
 				ret = PTR_ERR(em);
 				goto error;
 			}