1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 9eca476227d5..fed5134f761c 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1115,10 +1115,7 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
         else
                 splice_write = default_file_splice_write;
 
-        file_start_write(out);
-        ret = splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
-        file_end_write(out);
-        return ret;
+        return splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1306,9 +1303,11 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
         };
         long ret;
 
+        file_start_write(out);
         ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
         if (ret > 0)
                 *ppos = sd.pos;
+        file_end_write(out);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -1361,7 +1360,9 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
                         offset = out->f_pos;
                 }
 
+                file_start_write(out);
                 ret = do_splice_from(ipipe, out, &offset, len, flags);
+                file_end_write(out);
 
                 if (!off_out)
                         out->f_pos = offset;