diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 93fcaf90d6ae..3024d51d6fb7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,7 @@ static ssize_t _nfsd_copy_file_range(struct nfsd4_copy *copy,
 	/* See RFC 7862 p.67: */
 	if (bytes_total == 0)
 		bytes_total = ULLONG_MAX;
+	since = READ_ONCE(dst->f_wb_err);
 	do {
 		/* Only async copies can be stopped here */
 		if (kthread_should_stop())
@@ -1965,7 +1966,6 @@ static ssize_t _nfsd_copy_file_range(struct nfsd4_copy *copy,
 	} while (bytes_total > 0 && nfsd4_copy_is_async(copy));
 	/* for a non-zero asynchronous copy do a commit of data */
 	if (nfsd4_copy_is_async(copy) && copy->cp_res.wr_bytes_written > 0) {
-		since = READ_ONCE(dst->f_wb_err);
 		end = copy->cp_dst_pos + copy->cp_res.wr_bytes_written - 1;
 		status = vfs_fsync_range(dst, copy->cp_dst_pos, end, 0);
 		if (!status)