diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 68d11c295dd345aa7307fd77301df44dd4b76797..498da317580a75e2e6bbb03e2f66f1a930d44216 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1799,20 +1799,20 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 	 */
 	ret = ocfs2_grab_pages_for_write(mapping, wc, wc->w_cpos, pos, len,
 					 cluster_of_pages, mmap_page);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_quota;
-	}
+	if (ret) {
+		/*
+		 * ocfs2_grab_pages_for_write() returns -EAGAIN if it could not lock
+		 * the target page. In this case, we exit with no error and no target
+		 * page. This will trigger the caller, page_mkwrite(), to re-try
+		 * the operation.
+		 */
+		if (type == OCFS2_WRITE_MMAP && ret == -EAGAIN) {
+			BUG_ON(wc->w_target_page);
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_quota;
+		}
 
-	/*
-	 * ocfs2_grab_pages_for_write() returns -EAGAIN if it could not lock
-	 * the target page. In this case, we exit with no error and no target
-	 * page. This will trigger the caller, page_mkwrite(), to re-try
-	 * the operation.
-	 */
-	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
-		BUG_ON(wc->w_target_page);
-		ret = 0;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_quota;
 	}