1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 01838875fcaf..62b21ccea882 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ static void ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up(handle_t *handle,
 
         brelse(path[1].p_bh);
         ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, blk, 1,
-                         EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
+                         EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET |
+                         EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RESERVE);
 }
 
 /*