diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5be9ca5..65b5ada 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4685,10 +4685,6 @@
 	if (len <= EXT_UNWRITTEN_MAX_LEN)
 		flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_NORMALIZE;
 
-	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
-	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
-	inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
 	/*
 	 * credits to insert 1 extent into extent tree
 	 */
@@ -4752,8 +4748,6 @@
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
-
 	return ret > 0 ? ret2 : ret;
 }
 
@@ -4827,6 +4821,10 @@
 	if (mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)
 		flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE;
 
+	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
+	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
+	inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
 	/* Preallocate the range including the unaligned edges */
 	if (partial_begin || partial_end) {
 		ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file,
@@ -4835,7 +4833,7 @@
 				 round_down(offset, 1 << blkbits)) >> blkbits,
 				new_size, flags, mode);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out_mutex;
+			goto out_dio;
 
 	}
 
@@ -4844,10 +4842,6 @@
 		flags |= (EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT_UNWRITTEN |
 			  EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
 
-		/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
-		ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
-		inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
 		/*
 		 * Prevent page faults from reinstantiating pages we have
 		 * released from page cache.
@@ -4992,8 +4986,13 @@
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
+	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
+	inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
 	ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, new_size,
 				     flags, mode);
+	ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;