diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4cb499f28c12..399c765bc22d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2024,6 +2024,7 @@ int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 static void mpage_folio_done(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
 {
 	mpd->start_pos += folio_size(folio);
+	mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= folio_nr_pages(folio);
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 }
 
@@ -2054,8 +2055,6 @@ static int mpage_submit_folio(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
 	    !ext4_verity_in_progress(mpd->inode))
 		len = size & (len - 1);
 	err = ext4_bio_write_folio(&mpd->io_submit, folio, len);
-	if (!err)
-		mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= folio_nr_pages(folio);
 
 	return err;
 }