diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index bcfb4a27ddd4f82bda72bb789ba1fbdf5804f3a3..6f049109fffe37c86971a2f6d721189b8ca853f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2033,6 +2033,14 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		 */
 		clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC,
 			  &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
+		/*
+		 * An ordered extent might have started before and completed
+		 * already with io errors, in which case the inode was not
+		 * updated and we end up here. So check the inode's mapping
+		 * flags for any errors that might have happened while doing
+		 * writeback of file data.
+		 */
+		ret = btrfs_inode_check_errors(inode);
 		inode_unlock(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}