1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 44b53386ab8..c0ff9d6ffde 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1785,8 +1785,9 @@ retry:
                 handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 2);
                 if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                         /* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
-                         * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
-                         * the write failed... */
+                         * but cannot extend i_size. Truncate allocated blocks
+                         * and pretend the write failed... */
+                        ext3_truncate(inode);
                         ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
                         goto out;
                 }