diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index f7bfef63..d609222d 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -7869,24 +7869,23 @@ static int mdbx_flush_iov(MDBX_txn *const txn, struct iovec *iov,
                           size_t iov_bytes) {
   MDBX_env *const env = txn->mt_env;
   mdbx_assert(env, iov_items > 0);
+  int rc;
   if (likely(iov_items == 1)) {
     mdbx_assert(env, iov->iov_len == iov_bytes);
-    int rc = mdbx_pwrite(env->me_lazy_fd, iov->iov_base, iov_bytes, iov_off);
-    mdbx_dpage_free(env, (MDBX_page *)iov->iov_base,
-                    bytes2pgno(env, iov_bytes));
-    return rc;
+    rc = mdbx_pwrite(env->me_lazy_fd, iov->iov_base, iov_bytes, iov_off);
   } else {
-    int rc = mdbx_pwritev(env->me_lazy_fd, iov, iov_items, iov_off, iov_bytes);
-    if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS)) {
-      mdbx_error("Write error: %s", mdbx_strerror(rc));
-      txn->mt_flags |= MDBX_TXN_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    for (unsigned i = 0; i < iov_items; i++)
-      mdbx_dpage_free(env, (MDBX_page *)iov[i].iov_base,
-                      bytes2pgno(env, iov[i].iov_len));
-    return rc;
+    rc = mdbx_pwritev(env->me_lazy_fd, iov, iov_items, iov_off, iov_bytes);
   }
+
+  if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS)) {
+    mdbx_error("Write error: %s", mdbx_strerror(rc));
+    txn->mt_flags |= MDBX_TXN_ERROR;
+  }
+
+  for (unsigned i = 0; i < iov_items; i++)
+    mdbx_dpage_free(env, (MDBX_page *)iov[i].iov_base,
+                    bytes2pgno(env, iov[i].iov_len));
+  return rc;
 }
 
 /* Flush (some) dirty pages to the map, after clearing their dirty flag.