diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c23993cb7bdccf..b94c4abcda3a16 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,17 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 
 	alloc_hint = btrfs_get_extent_allocation_hint(inode, start, num_bytes);
 
+	/*
+	 * We're not doing compressed IO, don't unlock the first page
+	 * (which the caller expects to stay locked), don't clear any
+	 * dirty bits and don't set any writeback bits
+	 *
+	 * Do set the Ordered (Private2) bit so we know this page was
+	 * properly setup for writepage.
+	 */
+	page_ops = (keep_locked ? 0 : PAGE_UNLOCK);
+	page_ops |= PAGE_SET_ORDERED;
+
 	/*
 	 * Relocation relies on the relocated extents to have exactly the same
 	 * size as the original extents. Normally writeback for relocation data
@@ -1422,6 +1433,10 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 		file_extent.offset = 0;
 		file_extent.compression = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
 
+		/*
+		 * Locked range will be released either during error clean up or
+		 * after the whole range is finished.
+		 */
 		lock_extent(&inode->io_tree, start, start + cur_alloc_size - 1,
 			    &cached);
 
@@ -1467,21 +1482,6 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 
 		btrfs_dec_block_group_reservations(fs_info, ins.objectid);
 
-		/*
-		 * We're not doing compressed IO, don't unlock the first page
-		 * (which the caller expects to stay locked), don't clear any
-		 * dirty bits and don't set any writeback bits
-		 *
-		 * Do set the Ordered flag so we know this page was
-		 * properly setup for writepage.
-		 */
-		page_ops = (keep_locked ? 0 : PAGE_UNLOCK);
-		page_ops |= PAGE_SET_ORDERED;
-
-		extent_clear_unlock_delalloc(inode, start, start + cur_alloc_size - 1,
-					     locked_folio, &cached,
-					     EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC,
-					     page_ops);
 		if (num_bytes < cur_alloc_size)
 			num_bytes = 0;
 		else
@@ -1498,6 +1498,9 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	extent_clear_unlock_delalloc(inode, orig_start, end, locked_folio, &cached,
+				     EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC,
+				     page_ops);
 done:
 	if (done_offset)
 		*done_offset = end;
@@ -1518,35 +1521,31 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	 * We process each region below.
 	 */
 
-	clear_bits = EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC | EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW |
-		EXTENT_DEFRAG | EXTENT_CLEAR_META_RESV;
-	page_ops = PAGE_UNLOCK | PAGE_START_WRITEBACK | PAGE_END_WRITEBACK;
-
 	/*
 	 * For the range (1). We have already instantiated the ordered extents
 	 * for this region. They are cleaned up by
 	 * btrfs_cleanup_ordered_extents() in e.g,
-	 * btrfs_run_delalloc_range(). EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC are
-	 * already cleared in the above loop. And, EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW |
-	 * EXTENT_DEFRAG | EXTENT_CLEAR_META_RESV are handled by the cleanup
-	 * function.
+	 * btrfs_run_delalloc_range().
+	 * EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW | EXTENT_DEFRAG | EXTENT_CLEAR_META_RESV
+	 * are also handled by the cleanup function.
 	 *
-	 * However, in case of @keep_locked, we still need to unlock the pages
-	 * (except @locked_folio) to ensure all the pages are unlocked.
+	 * So here we only clear EXTENT_LOCKED and EXTENT_DELALLOC flag,
+	 * and finish the writeback of the involved folios, which will be
+	 * never submitted.
 	 */
-	if (keep_locked && orig_start < start) {
+	if (orig_start < start) {
+		clear_bits = EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC;
+		page_ops = PAGE_UNLOCK | PAGE_START_WRITEBACK | PAGE_END_WRITEBACK;
+
 		if (!locked_folio)
 			mapping_set_error(inode->vfs_inode.i_mapping, ret);
 		extent_clear_unlock_delalloc(inode, orig_start, start - 1,
-					     locked_folio, NULL, 0, page_ops);
+					     locked_folio, NULL, clear_bits, page_ops);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * At this point we're unlocked, we want to make sure we're only
-	 * clearing these flags under the extent lock, so lock the rest of the
-	 * range and clear everything up.
-	 */
-	lock_extent(&inode->io_tree, start, end, NULL);
+	clear_bits = EXTENT_LOCKED | EXTENT_DELALLOC | EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW |
+		EXTENT_DEFRAG | EXTENT_CLEAR_META_RESV;
+	page_ops = PAGE_UNLOCK | PAGE_START_WRITEBACK | PAGE_END_WRITEBACK;
 
 	/*
 	 * For the range (2). If we reserved an extent for our delalloc range