diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 900edfaf6df5..8163e0439493 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		 * that this differs from normal direct-io semantics, which
 		 * will return -EFOO even if some bytes were written.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(status < 0) && !written) {
+		if (unlikely(status < 0)) {
 			err = status;
 			goto out;
 		}