diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/ds_local.cc b/extra/mariabackup/ds_local.cc
index ff2021fc03522..d9cd32922093c 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/ds_local.cc
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/ds_local.cc
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ local_open(ds_ctxt_t *ctxt, const char *path,
 	local_file = (ds_local_file_t *) (file + 1);
 
 	local_file->fd = fd;
+	posix_fadvise(local_file->fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
 	local_file->init_ibd_done = 0;
 	local_file->is_ibd = (path_len > 5) && !strcmp(fullpath + path_len - 5, ".ibd");
 	local_file->compressed = 0;
@@ -166,9 +167,7 @@ static int write_compressed(File fd,  uchar *data, size_t len, size_t pagesize)
 		size_t n_bytes =  MY_MIN(pagesize, len - written);
 		size_t datasize= trim_binary_zeros(ptr,n_bytes);
 		if (datasize > 0) {
-			if (!my_write(fd, ptr, datasize, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP)))
-				posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
-			else
+			if (my_write(fd, ptr, datasize, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP)))
 				return 1;
 		}
 		if (datasize < n_bytes) {
@@ -242,11 +241,10 @@ local_write(ds_file_t *file, const uchar *buf, size_t len)
 		return write_compressed(fd, b, len, local_file->pagesize);
 	}
 
-	if (!my_write(fd, b , len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
-		posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
-		return 0;
+	if (my_write(fd, b , len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static
diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/ds_stdout.cc b/extra/mariabackup/ds_stdout.cc
index 3fc0873b6ca85..a05740c37b728 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/ds_stdout.cc
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/ds_stdout.cc
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ stdout_open(ds_ctxt_t *ctxt __attribute__((unused)),
 #endif
 
 	stdout_file->fd = my_fileno(stdout);
+	posix_fadvise(stdout_file->fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
 
 	file->path = (char *) stdout_file + sizeof(ds_stdout_file_t);
 	memcpy(file->path, fullpath, pathlen);
@@ -99,12 +100,11 @@ stdout_write(ds_file_t *file, const uchar *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	File fd = ((ds_stdout_file_t *) file->ptr)->fd;
 
-	if (!my_write(fd, buf, len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
-		posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
-		return 0;
+	if (my_write(fd, buf, len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
+		return 1;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static
diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/ds_tmpfile.cc b/extra/mariabackup/ds_tmpfile.cc
index 6bafee2597146..2067b6d7d960a 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/ds_tmpfile.cc
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/ds_tmpfile.cc
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ tmpfile_open(ds_ctxt_t *ctxt, const char *path,
 	tmp_file->orig_path = (char *) tmp_file + sizeof(ds_tmp_file_t);
 
 	tmp_file->fd = fd;
+	posix_fadvise(tmp_file->fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
 	memcpy(tmp_file->orig_path, path, path_len);
 
 	/* Store the real temporary file name in file->path */
@@ -138,12 +139,11 @@ tmpfile_write(ds_file_t *file, const uchar *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	File fd = ((ds_tmp_file_t *) file->ptr)->fd;
 
-	if (!my_write(fd, buf, len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
-		posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
-		return 0;
+	if (my_write(fd, buf, len, MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP))) {
+		return 1;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int