diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 69c6786a9fdf..ff3f0638cdb9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1202,11 +1202,6 @@ static noinline void async_cow_submit(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	nr_pages = (async_chunk->end - async_chunk->start + PAGE_SIZE) >>
 		PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	/* atomic_sub_return implies a barrier */
-	if (atomic_sub_return(nr_pages, &fs_info->async_delalloc_pages) <
-	    5 * SZ_1M)
-		cond_wake_up_nomb(&fs_info->async_submit_wait);
-
 	/*
 	 * ->inode could be NULL if async_chunk_start has failed to compress,
 	 * in which case we don't have anything to submit, yet we need to
@@ -1215,6 +1210,11 @@ static noinline void async_cow_submit(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	 */
 	if (async_chunk->inode)
 		submit_compressed_extents(async_chunk);
+
+	/* atomic_sub_return implies a barrier */
+	if (atomic_sub_return(nr_pages, &fs_info->async_delalloc_pages) <
+	    5 * SZ_1M)
+		cond_wake_up_nomb(&fs_info->async_submit_wait);
 }
 
 static noinline void async_cow_free(struct btrfs_work *work)