diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index c56088ece500..20452c110d7d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,24 @@ out:
 	return written ? written : err;
 }
 
+static void update_time_for_write(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct timespec now;
+
+	if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
+		return;
+
+	now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
+	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
+		inode->i_mtime = now;
+
+	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now))
+		inode->i_ctime = now;
+
+	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+}
+
 static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 				    const struct iovec *iov,
 				    unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
@@ -1519,11 +1537,13 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = file_update_time(file);
-	if (err) {
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * We reserve space for updating the inode when we reserve space for the
+	 * extent we are going to write, so we will enospc out there.  We don't
+	 * need to start yet another transaction to update the inode as we will
+	 * update the inode when we finish writing whatever data we write.
+	 */
+	update_time_for_write(inode);
 
 	start_pos = round_down(pos, root->sectorsize);
 	if (start_pos > i_size_read(inode)) {
@@ -1563,8 +1583,13 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	 * this will either be one more than the running transaction
 	 * or the generation used for the next transaction if there isn't
 	 * one running right now.
+	 *
+	 * We also have to set last_sub_trans to the current log transid,
+	 * otherwise subsequent syncs to a file that's been synced in this
+	 * transaction will appear to have already occured.
 	 */
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans = root->fs_info->generation + 1;
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->last_sub_trans = root->log_transid;
 	if (num_written > 0 || num_written == -EIOCBQUEUED) {
 		err = generic_write_sync(file, pos, num_written);
 		if (err < 0 && num_written > 0)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 355a297e7988..1673dbdf1f76 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1922,22 +1922,20 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered_extent)
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_NOCOW, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ordered_extent->list)); /* Logic error */
-		ret = btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered_extent);
-		if (!ret) {
-			if (nolock)
-				trans = btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(root);
-			else
-				trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-			if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-				ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
-				trans = NULL;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->delalloc_block_rsv;
-			ret = btrfs_update_inode_fallback(trans, root, inode);
-			if (ret) /* -ENOMEM or corruption */
-				btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
+		btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered_extent);
+		if (nolock)
+			trans = btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(root);
+		else
+			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+			trans = NULL;
+			goto out;
 		}
+		trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->delalloc_block_rsv;
+		ret = btrfs_update_inode_fallback(trans, root, inode);
+		if (ret) /* -ENOMEM or corruption */
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1986,15 +1984,11 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered_extent)
 	add_pending_csums(trans, inode, ordered_extent->file_offset,
 			  &ordered_extent->list);
 
-	ret = btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered_extent);
-	if (!ret || !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
-		ret = btrfs_update_inode_fallback(trans, root, inode);
-		if (ret) { /* -ENOMEM or corruption */
-			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
-			goto out_unlock;
-		}
-	} else {
-		btrfs_set_inode_last_trans(trans, inode);
+	btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered_extent);
+	ret = btrfs_update_inode_fallback(trans, root, inode);
+	if (ret) { /* -ENOMEM or corruption */
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out_unlock: