1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 851ac5b3cec..00a2cb753ef 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int ext4_flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
         while (!list_empty(&ei->i_completed_io_list)){
                 io = list_entry(ei->i_completed_io_list.next,
                                 ext4_io_end_t, list);
+                list_del_init(&io->list);
                 /*
                  * Calling ext4_end_io_nolock() to convert completed
                  * IO to written.
@@ -104,11 +105,9 @@ int ext4_flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
                  */
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
                 ret = ext4_end_io_nolock(io);
-                spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
                 if (ret < 0)
                         ret2 = ret;
-                else
-                        list_del_init(&io->list);
+                spin_lock_irqsave(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
         }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
         return (ret2 < 0) ? ret2 : 0;