diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f942293..556c930 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8754,6 +8754,9 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 			dio_data.overwrite = 1;
 			inode_unlock(inode);
 			relock = true;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		ret = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, offset, count);
 		if (ret)