1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 3e36508610b7..e0a8425ff74d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2488,7 +2488,8 @@ int ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int extents)
 
 static inline int get_default_free_blocks_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
-        if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+        if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) ||
+            ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EA_INODE))
                 return EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;
         else if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
                 return EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;