diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 8ef52e12cd57e..f6314cd3e3b0a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@ fuse_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	loff_t i_size;
 	size_t count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	struct fuse_io_priv *io;
+	bool is_sync = is_sync_kiocb(iocb);
 
 	pos = offset;
 	inode = file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -2428,7 +2429,7 @@ fuse_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	 * to wait on real async I/O requests, so we must submit this request
 	 * synchronously.
 	 */
-	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && (offset + count > i_size) && rw == WRITE)
+	if (!is_sync && (offset + count > i_size) && rw == WRITE)
 		io->async = false;
 
 	if (rw == WRITE)
@@ -2440,7 +2441,7 @@ fuse_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		fuse_aio_complete(io, ret < 0 ? ret : 0, -1);
 
 		/* we have a non-extending, async request, so return */
-		if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
+		if (!is_sync)
 			return -EIOCBQUEUED;
 
 		ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(iocb);