diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1e824a3ec53839f35c40c97a246c38fa32c65cc9..670ab15e4f9aaae20de0948db87a649b0b2c8170 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3850,14 +3850,14 @@ static void ext4_end_io_dio(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 	}
 	wq = EXT4_SB(io_end->inode->i_sb)->dio_unwritten_wq;
 
-	/* queue the work to convert unwritten extents to written */
-	queue_work(wq, &io_end->work);
-
 	/* Add the io_end to per-inode completed aio dio list*/
 	ei = EXT4_I(io_end->inode);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&io_end->list, &ei->i_completed_io_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
+
+	/* queue the work to convert unwritten extents to written */
+	queue_work(wq, &io_end->work);
 	iocb->private = NULL;
 }