diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 6cdf27325576..03661b744eaf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ static noinline ssize_t __btrfs_buffered_write(struct file *file,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		only_release_metadata = false;
 		sector_offset = pos & (root->sectorsize - 1);
 		reserve_bytes = round_up(write_bytes + sector_offset,
 				root->sectorsize);
@@ -1704,7 +1705,6 @@ 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);