diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 50fa3ef89f6c..d61460309a78 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -976,10 +976,8 @@ xfs_dax_write_iomap_end(
 	if (!xfs_is_cow_inode(ip))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!written) {
-		xfs_reflink_cancel_cow_range(ip, pos, length, true);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (!written)
+		return xfs_reflink_cancel_cow_range(ip, pos, length, true);
 
 	return xfs_reflink_end_cow(ip, pos, written);
 }