diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index a1ee0b775e65..3418decb9e61 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3720,24 +3720,18 @@ process_slot:
 	ret = 0;
 
 	if (last_dest_end < destoff + len) {
-		struct btrfs_clone_extent_info clone_info = { 0 };
 		/*
-		 * We have an implicit hole (NO_HOLES feature is enabled) that
-		 * fully or partially overlaps our cloning range at its end.
+		 * We have an implicit hole that fully or partially overlaps our
+		 * cloning range at its end. This means that we either have the
+		 * NO_HOLES feature enabled or the implicit hole happened due to
+		 * mixing buffered and direct IO writes against this file.
 		 */
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		path->leave_spinning = 0;
 
-		/*
-		 * We are dealing with a hole and our clone_info already has a
-		 * disk_offset of 0, we only need to fill the data length and
-		 * file offset.
-		 */
-		clone_info.data_len = destoff + len - last_dest_end;
-		clone_info.file_offset = last_dest_end;
 		ret = btrfs_punch_hole_range(inode, path,
 					     last_dest_end, destoff + len - 1,
-					     &clone_info, &trans);
+					     NULL, &trans);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;