diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 061591a3ab08a673d73544e819e7b7fd19b2689a..98513c8ed589f775f94c91259fa87ea5d364f2d0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2422,8 +2422,10 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		unaligned_dio = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (unaligned_dio)
+	if (unaligned_dio) {
+		ocfs2_iocb_clear_unaligned_aio(iocb);
 		atomic_dec(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
+	}
 
 out:
 	if (rw_level != -1)