diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index c22eaf162f95c1456563b31a8362da9e531c9185..441280e15d5b8ee101f60cdc747a617d944bcecd 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -856,8 +856,10 @@ int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 			ret = dax_writeback_one(bdev, dax_dev, mapping,
 					indices[i], pvec.pages[i]);
-			if (ret < 0)
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
 				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 out: