1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 735f0190ec2a..a66f3fe33672 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1785,6 +1785,17 @@ retry:
         ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
                                  offset, nr_segs,
                                  ext3_get_block, NULL);
+        /*
+         * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+         * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+         */
+        if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+                loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+                loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+                if (end > isize)
+                        vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+        }
         if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
                 goto retry;