diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 0e2a931fa72560e82f47872dcd1be17d76d49863..3e57a56cf8294770475e5edd04d03ee5565516fa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1547,13 +1547,13 @@ xfs_end_io_direct_write(
 		i_size_write(inode, offset + size);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 
+	if (flags & XFS_DIO_FLAG_COW)
+		error = xfs_reflink_end_cow(ip, offset, size);
 	if (flags & XFS_DIO_FLAG_UNWRITTEN) {
 		trace_xfs_end_io_direct_write_unwritten(ip, offset, size);
 
 		error = xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(ip, offset, size);
 	}
-	if (flags & XFS_DIO_FLAG_COW)
-		error = xfs_reflink_end_cow(ip, offset, size);
 	if (flags & XFS_DIO_FLAG_APPEND) {
 		trace_xfs_end_io_direct_write_append(ip, offset, size);