1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 8345d6d3436a..182b21825255 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2791,13 +2791,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
                 ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
         inode_unlock(inode);
 
-        if (ret > 0) {
-                ssize_t err;
-
-                err = generic_write_sync(iocb, iocb->ki_pos - ret, ret);
-                if (err < 0)
-                        ret = err;
-        }
+        if (ret > 0)
+                ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
         return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_iter);