1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 10dc38cc02bb..5622ed5a201e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1952,12 +1952,9 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
                 written = ntfs_perform_write(file, from, iocb->ki_pos);
         current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
         inode_unlock(vi);
-        if (likely(written > 0)) {
-                err = generic_write_sync(iocb, iocb->ki_pos, written);
-                if (err < 0)
-                        written = 0;
-        }
         iocb->ki_pos += written;
+        if (likely(written > 0))
+                written = generic_write_sync(iocb, written);
         return written ? written : err;
 }