1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 940136a3d3a6..8038c0496504 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ int f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
         if (name_len > 255 || value_len > MAX_VALUE_LEN)
                 return -ERANGE;
 
+        f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
         mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
         if (!fi->i_xattr_nid) {
                 /* Allocate new attribute block */