Index: drivers/filesystems/ffs/src/except.c
===================================================================
--- drivers/filesystems/ffs/src/except.c	(revision 71918)
+++ drivers/filesystems/ffs/src/except.c	(working copy)
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@
 		{
 			IrpContext = NULL;
 		}
+		//
+		//  For the purposes of processing this exception, let's mark this
+		//  request as being able to wait, and neither write through nor on
+		//  removable media if we aren't posting it.
+		//
+		SetFlag(IrpContext->Flags, IRP_CONTEXT_FLAG_WAIT);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -67,14 +73,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	//
-	//  For the purposes of processing this exception, let's mark this
-	//  request as being able to wait, and neither write through nor on
-	//  removable media if we aren't posting it.
-	//
-
-	SetFlag(IrpContext->Flags, IRP_CONTEXT_FLAG_WAIT);
-
 	if (FsRtlIsNtstatusExpected(ExceptionCode))
 	{
 		//