diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 9234d96a7fd5..dee4f043c7d8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3785,12 +3785,13 @@ static void update_nr_written(struct writeback_control *wbc,
  * This returns < 0 if there were errors (page still locked)
  */
 static noinline_for_stack int writepage_delalloc(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
-		struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
-		unsigned long *nr_written)
+		struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	const u64 page_end = page_offset(page) + PAGE_SIZE - 1;
 	u64 delalloc_start = page_offset(page);
 	u64 delalloc_to_write = 0;
+	/* How many pages are started by btrfs_run_delalloc_range() */
+	unsigned long nr_written = 0;
 	int ret;
 	int page_started = 0;
 
@@ -3806,7 +3807,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int writepage_delalloc(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 			continue;
 		}
 		ret = btrfs_run_delalloc_range(inode, page, delalloc_start,
-				delalloc_end, &page_started, nr_written, wbc);
+				delalloc_end, &page_started, &nr_written, wbc);
 		if (ret) {
 			btrfs_page_set_error(inode->root->fs_info, page,
 					     page_offset(page), PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -3829,16 +3830,13 @@ static noinline_for_stack int writepage_delalloc(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 					 thresh);
 	}
 
-	/* did the fill delalloc function already unlock and start
-	 * the IO?
-	 */
+	/* Did btrfs_run_dealloc_range() already unlock and start the IO? */
 	if (page_started) {
 		/*
-		 * we've unlocked the page, so we can't update
-		 * the mapping's writeback index, just update
-		 * nr_to_write.
+		 * We've unlocked the page, so we can't update the mapping's
+		 * writeback index, just update nr_to_write.
 		 */
-		wbc->nr_to_write -= *nr_written;
+		wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_written;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -3910,7 +3908,6 @@ static noinline_for_stack int __extent_writepage_io(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc,
 				 struct extent_page_data *epd,
 				 loff_t i_size,
-				 unsigned long nr_written,
 				 int *nr_ret)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = inode->root->fs_info;
@@ -3929,7 +3926,6 @@ static noinline_for_stack int __extent_writepage_io(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	if (ret) {
 		/* Fixup worker will requeue */
 		redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
-		update_nr_written(wbc, nr_written);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -3938,7 +3934,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int __extent_writepage_io(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	 * we don't want to touch the inode after unlocking the page,
 	 * so we update the mapping writeback index now
 	 */
-	update_nr_written(wbc, nr_written + 1);
+	update_nr_written(wbc, 1);
 
 	while (cur <= end) {
 		u64 disk_bytenr;
@@ -4076,7 +4072,6 @@ static int __extent_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	size_t pg_offset;
 	loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
 	unsigned long end_index = i_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	unsigned long nr_written = 0;
 
 	trace___extent_writepage(page, inode, wbc);
 
@@ -4105,7 +4100,7 @@ static int __extent_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	}
 
 	if (!epd->extent_locked) {
-		ret = writepage_delalloc(BTRFS_I(inode), page, wbc, &nr_written);
+		ret = writepage_delalloc(BTRFS_I(inode), page, wbc);
 		if (ret == 1)
 			return 0;
 		if (ret)
@@ -4113,7 +4108,7 @@ static int __extent_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	}
 
 	ret = __extent_writepage_io(BTRFS_I(inode), page, wbc, epd, i_size,
-				    nr_written, &nr);
+				    &nr);
 	if (ret == 1)
 		return 0;