diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index d94b1a6c60e2..7c35ca15571b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2505,6 +2505,8 @@ retry:
 
 		error = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode, name_index, name,
 					      value, value_len, flags);
+		ext4_fc_mark_ineligible(inode->i_sb, EXT4_FC_REASON_XATTR,
+					handle);
 		error2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		if (error == -ENOSPC &&
 		    ext4_should_retry_alloc(sb, &retries))
@@ -2512,7 +2514,6 @@ retry:
 		if (error == 0)
 			error = error2;
 	}
-	ext4_fc_mark_ineligible(inode->i_sb, EXT4_FC_REASON_XATTR, NULL);
 
 	return error;
 }