/* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
        ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(iocb, rw_level);
 
-       if (direct_io) {
-               ret = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &ocount,
-                                            VERIFY_READ);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_dio;
+       ret = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &ocount,
+                                    VERIFY_READ);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_dio;
 
-               count = ocount;
-               ret = generic_write_checks(file, ppos, &count,
-                                          S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode));
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_dio;
+       count = ocount;
+       ret = generic_write_checks(file, ppos, &count,
+                                  S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode));
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_dio;
 
+       if (direct_io) {
                written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov, &nr_segs, *ppos,
                                                    ppos, count, ocount);
                if (written < 0) {
                        goto out_dio;
                }
        } else {
-               written = __generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
+               current->backing_dev_info = file->f_mapping->backing_dev_info;
+               written = generic_file_buffered_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, *ppos,
+                                                     ppos, count, 0);
+               current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
        }
 
 out_dio: