struct bio_vec *bv;
        unsigned unaligned;
        u64 new_i_size;
-       loff_t offset;
        bool sync;
        long ret;
 
        if (dio->loop)
                goto loop;
 
-       /* Write and invalidate pagecache range that we're writing to: */
-       offset = req->ki_pos + (dio->op.written << 9);
-       ret = write_invalidate_inode_pages_range(mapping,
-                                       offset,
-                                       offset + iov_iter_count(&dio->iter) - 1);
-       if (unlikely(ret))
-               goto err;
-
        while (1) {
-               offset = req->ki_pos + (dio->op.written << 9);
-
                if (kthread)
                        kthread_use_mm(dio->mm);
                BUG_ON(current->faults_disabled_mapping);
                        goto err;
                }
 
-               /* gup might have faulted pages back in: */
-               ret = write_invalidate_inode_pages_range(mapping,
-                               offset,
-                               offset + bio->bi_iter.bi_size - 1);
-               if (unlikely(ret))
-                       goto err;
-
-               dio->op.pos = POS(inode->v.i_ino, offset >> 9);
+               dio->op.pos = POS(inode->v.i_ino,
+                                 (req->ki_pos >> 9) + dio->op.written);
 
                task_io_account_write(bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
 
 ssize_t bch2_direct_write(struct kiocb *req, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
        struct file *file = req->ki_filp;
+       struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
        struct bch_inode_info *inode = file_bch_inode(file);
        struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
        struct bch_io_opts opts = io_opts(c, &inode->ei_inode);
                                        dio->op.opts.data_replicas))
                goto err_put_bio;
 
+       ret = write_invalidate_inode_pages_range(mapping,
+                                       req->ki_pos,
+                                       req->ki_pos + iter->count - 1);
+       if (unlikely(ret))
+               goto err_put_bio;
+
        ret = bch2_dio_write_loop(dio);
 err:
        if (locked)