diff --git a/fs/backing-file.c b/fs/backing-file.c
index 2424dc38d21a..ad573f5153c7 100644
--- a/fs/backing-file.c
+++ b/fs/backing-file.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct backing_aio {
 	refcount_t ref;
 	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
 	/* used for aio completion */
+	bool is_write;
 	void (*end_write)(struct kiocb *iocb, ssize_t);
 	struct work_struct work;
 	long res;
@@ -136,7 +137,8 @@ static void backing_aio_rw_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
 	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(iocb, struct backing_aio, iocb);
 	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio->orig_iocb;
 
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
+	/* Pairs with kiocb_start_write() in vfs_iocb_iter_write() */
+	if (aio->is_write)
 		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
 
 	backing_aio_cleanup(aio, res);
@@ -251,6 +253,7 @@ static int do_backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+	aio->is_write = true;
 	aio->end_write = end_write;
 	kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
 	aio->iocb.ki_flags = flags;