diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 17e143d91fa9..1b1a9e35e082 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1548,12 +1548,11 @@ out_check:
 	}
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
-	if (cur_offset <= end && cow_start == (u64)-1) {
+	if (cur_offset <= end && cow_start == (u64)-1)
 		cow_start = cur_offset;
-		cur_offset = end;
-	}
 
 	if (cow_start != (u64)-1) {
+		cur_offset = end;
 		ret = cow_file_range(inode, locked_page, cow_start, end, end,
 				     page_started, nr_written, 1, NULL);
 		if (ret)