diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 3ea62695abce..efdcede40c22 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -870,6 +870,12 @@ retry_journal:
 			goto out_journal;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction
+	 * is already started.
+	 */
+	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
+
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 		ret = ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(mapping,
 							    inode,
@@ -882,11 +888,6 @@ retry_journal:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction
-	 * is already started.
-	 */
-	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, 0, flags);
 	if (!page) {