diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 6715b7208835..cb9b02940805 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static long ioctl_file_clone(struct file *dst_file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	ret = -EXDEV;
 	if (src_file.file->f_path.mnt != dst_file->f_path.mnt)
 		goto fdput;
-	ret = vfs_clone_file_range(src_file.file, off, dst_file, destoff, olen);
+	ret = do_clone_file_range(src_file.file, off, dst_file, destoff, olen);
 fdput:
 	fdput(src_file);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 8ca642fe9b21..357e844aee84 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -509,8 +509,7 @@ __be32 nfsd4_set_nfs4_label(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 __be32 nfsd4_clone_file_range(struct file *src, u64 src_pos, struct file *dst,
 		u64 dst_pos, u64 count)
 {
-	return nfserrno(vfs_clone_file_range(src, src_pos, dst, dst_pos,
-			count));
+	return nfserrno(do_clone_file_range(src, src_pos, dst, dst_pos, count));
 }
 
 ssize_t nfsd_copy_file_range(struct file *src, u64 src_pos, struct file *dst,
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 175d30e3b603..c4e206b875d0 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1687,8 +1687,6 @@ int vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	if (pos_in + len > i_size_read(inode_in))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	sb_start_write(inode_out->i_sb);
-
 	ret = file_in->f_op->clone_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
 			file_out, pos_out, len);
 	if (!ret) {
@@ -1696,7 +1694,6 @@ int vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 		fsnotify_modify(file_out);
 	}
 
-	sb_end_write(inode_out->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_clone_file_range);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index dc0478c07b2a..52663f1f3084 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1783,6 +1783,19 @@ extern int vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 extern int vfs_dedupe_file_range(struct file *file,
 				 struct file_dedupe_range *same);
 
+static inline int do_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
+				      struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
+				      u64 len)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	sb_start_write(file_inode(file_out)->i_sb);
+	ret = vfs_clone_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len);
+	sb_end_write(file_inode(file_out)->i_sb);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 struct super_operations {
    	struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
 	void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);