diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index a49fa44aea1f33c982bcd3dd7203ed702fb66652..aa501d3f93f1bcec3af38a24361ab61cda2cc052 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_dio;
 
+		count = ocount;
 		ret = generic_write_checks(file, ppos, &count,
 					   S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode));
 		if (ret)