diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 8b202d789e93..8bc66b45dade 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1687,6 +1687,7 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 process_folio_batch:
 		rc = ceph_process_folio_batch(mapping, wbc, &ceph_wbc);
+		ceph_shift_unused_folios_left(&ceph_wbc.fbatch);
 		if (rc)
 			goto release_folios;
 
@@ -1695,8 +1696,6 @@ static int ceph_writepages_start(struct address_space *mapping,
 			goto release_folios;
 
 		if (ceph_wbc.processed_in_fbatch) {
-			ceph_shift_unused_folios_left(&ceph_wbc.fbatch);
-
 			if (folio_batch_count(&ceph_wbc.fbatch) == 0 &&
 			    ceph_wbc.locked_pages < ceph_wbc.max_pages) {
 				doutc(cl, "reached end fbatch, trying for more\n");