diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 76c86f1c2b1c..586e3b74d782 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2295,8 +2295,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
-
 	/* Delete orphan before acquire i_rwsem. */
 	if (dwc->dw_orphaned) {
 		BUG_ON(dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current));
@@ -2309,6 +2307,8 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
 
+	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
 	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);