diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index 1b0f06e7e58d..8158ab18e1ae 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -172,7 +172,18 @@ static void iomap_dio_done(struct iomap_dio *dio)
 
 		WRITE_ONCE(dio->submit.waiter, NULL);
 		blk_wake_io_task(waiter);
-	} else if (dio->flags & IOMAP_DIO_INLINE_COMP) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Always run error completions in user context.  These are not
+	 * performance critical and some code relies on taking sleeping locks
+	 * for error handling.
+	 */
+	if (dio->error)
+		dio->flags &= ~IOMAP_DIO_INLINE_COMP;
+
+	if (dio->flags & IOMAP_DIO_INLINE_COMP) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(iocb->private, NULL);
 		iomap_dio_complete_work(&dio->aio.work);
 	} else if (dio->flags & IOMAP_DIO_CALLER_COMP) {