diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 722d17c88edb..41a0e97252ae 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ static ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, ssize_t ret, unsigned int flags)
 		 */
 		dio->iocb->ki_pos += transferred;
 
-		if (dio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE)
-			ret = generic_write_sync(dio->iocb,  transferred);
+		if (ret > 0 && dio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE)
+			ret = generic_write_sync(dio->iocb, ret);
 		dio->iocb->ki_complete(dio->iocb, ret, 0);
 	}