diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index aca7b24a443243c3415221edd082c71e2a1a2ce5..8131be8c0af3166aac865557baa9f0371564a397 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 			iov_iter_truncate(from, sbi->s_bitmap_maxbytes - pos);
 	}
 
+	iocb->private = &overwrite;
 	if (o_direct) {
 		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
-		iocb->private = &overwrite;
 
 		/* check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
 		if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !aio_mutex &&