diff --git a/fs/btrfs/reflink.c b/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
index 0a4628b3007d..9a49d2ecb949 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/reflink.c
@@ -179,10 +179,12 @@ static int clone_copy_inline_extent(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 	struct btrfs_drop_extents_args drop_args = { 0 };
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
+	bool copied_inline_to_page = false;
 
 	if (new_key->offset > 0) {
 		ret = copy_inline_to_page(inode, new_key->offset,
 					  inline_data, size, datal, comp_type);
+		copied_inline_to_page = (ret == 0);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -288,6 +290,60 @@ static int clone_copy_inline_extent(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 out:
 	if (!ret && !trans) {
+		if (copied_inline_to_page &&
+		    new_key->offset + datal > i_size_read(&inode->vfs_inode)) {
+			/*
+			 * If we copied the inline extent data to a page/folio
+			 * beyond the i_size of the destination inode, then we
+			 * need to increase the i_size before we start a
+			 * transaction to update the inode item. This is to
+			 * prevent a deadlock when the flushoncommit mount
+			 * option is used, which happens like this:
+			 *
+			 * 1) Task A clones an inline extent from inode X to an
+			 *    offset of inode Y that is beyond Y's current
+			 *    i_size. This means we copied the inline extent's
+			 *    data to a folio of inode Y that is beyond its EOF,
+			 *    using the call above to copy_inline_to_page();
+			 *
+			 * 2) Task B starts a transaction commit and calls
+			 *    btrfs_start_delalloc_flush() to flush delalloc;
+			 *
+			 * 3) The delalloc flushing sees the new dirty folio of
+			 *    inode Y and when it attempts to flush it, it ends
+			 *    up at extent_writepage() and sees that the offset
+			 *    of the folio is beyond the i_size of inode Y, so
+			 *    it attempts to invalidate the folio by calling
+			 *    folio_invalidate(), which ends up at btrfs' folio
+			 *    invalidate callback - btrfs_invalidate_folio().
+			 *    There it tries to lock the folio's range in inode
+			 *    Y's extent io tree, but it blocks since it's
+			 *    currently locked by task A - during reflink we
+			 *    lock the inodes and the source and destination
+			 *    ranges after flushing all delalloc and waiting for
+			 *    ordered extent completion - after that we don't
+			 *    expect to have dirty folios in the ranges, the
+			 *    exception is if we have to copy an inline extent's
+			 *    data (because the destination offset is not zero);
+			 *
+			 * 4) Task A then does the 'goto out' below and attempts
+			 *    to start a transaction to update the inode item,
+			 *    and then it's blocked since the current
+			 *    transaction is in the TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START
+			 *    state. Therefore task A has to wait for the
+			 *    current transaction to become unblocked (its
+			 *    state >= TRANS_STATE_UNBLOCKED).
+			 *
+			 * This leads to a deadlock - the task committing the
+			 * transaction waiting for the delalloc flushing which
+			 * is blocked during folio invalidation on the inode's
+			 * extent lock and the reflink task waiting for the
+			 * current transaction to be unblocked so that it can
+			 * start a new one to update the inode item (while
+			 * holding the extent lock).
+			 */
+			i_size_write(&inode->vfs_inode, new_key->offset + datal);
+		}
 		/*
 		 * No transaction here means we copied the inline extent into a
 		 * page of the destination inode.
@@ -320,50 +376,7 @@ static int clone_copy_inline_extent(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 
 	ret = copy_inline_to_page(inode, new_key->offset,
 				  inline_data, size, datal, comp_type);
-
-	/*
-	 * If we copied the inline extent data to a page/folio beyond the i_size
-	 * of the destination inode, then we need to increase the i_size before
-	 * we start a transaction to update the inode item. This is to prevent a
-	 * deadlock when the flushoncommit mount option is used, which happens
-	 * like this:
-	 *
-	 * 1) Task A clones an inline extent from inode X to an offset of inode
-	 *    Y that is beyond Y's current i_size. This means we copied the
-	 *    inline extent's data to a folio of inode Y that is beyond its EOF,
-	 *    using the call above to copy_inline_to_page();
-	 *
-	 * 2) Task B starts a transaction commit and calls
-	 *    btrfs_start_delalloc_flush() to flush delalloc;
-	 *
-	 * 3) The delalloc flushing sees the new dirty folio of inode Y and when
-	 *    it attempts to flush it, it ends up at extent_writepage() and sees
-	 *    that the offset of the folio is beyond the i_size of inode Y, so
-	 *    it attempts to invalidate the folio by calling folio_invalidate(),
-	 *    which ends up at btrfs' folio invalidate callback -
-	 *    btrfs_invalidate_folio(). There it tries to lock the folio's range
-	 *    in inode Y's extent io tree, but it blocks since it's currently
-	 *    locked by task A - during reflink we lock the inodes and the
-	 *    source and destination ranges after flushing all delalloc and
-	 *    waiting for ordered extent completion - after that we don't expect
-	 *    to have dirty folios in the ranges, the exception is if we have to
-	 *    copy an inline extent's data (because the destination offset is
-	 *    not zero);
-	 *
-	 * 4) Task A then does the 'goto out' below and attempts to start a
-	 *    transaction to update the inode item, and then it's blocked since
-	 *    the current transaction is in the TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START state.
-	 *    Therefore task A has to wait for the current transaction to become
-	 *    unblocked (its state >= TRANS_STATE_UNBLOCKED).
-	 *
-	 * This leads to a deadlock - the task committing the transaction
-	 * waiting for the delalloc flushing which is blocked during folio
-	 * invalidation on the inode's extent lock and the reflink task waiting
-	 * for the current transaction to be unblocked so that it can start a
-	 * a new one to update the inode item (while holding the extent lock).
-	 */
-	if (ret == 0 && new_key->offset + datal > i_size_read(&inode->vfs_inode))
-		i_size_write(&inode->vfs_inode, new_key->offset + datal);
+	copied_inline_to_page = (ret == 0);
 
 	goto out;
 }