1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index a5c8caaaa099..2798945a1920 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4337,10 +4337,16 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
                 trace_ext4_fallocate_exit(inode, offset, max_blocks, ret);
                 return ret;
         }
-        flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_UNINIT_EXT |
-                EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_NORMALIZE;
+        flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_UNINIT_EXT;
         if (mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)
                 flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE;
+        /*
+         * Don't normalize the request if it can fit in one extent so
+         * that it doesn't get unnecessarily split into multiple
+         * extents.
+         */
+        if (len <= EXT_UNINIT_MAX_LEN << blkbits)
+                flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_NORMALIZE;
 retry:
         while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
                 map.m_lblk = map.m_lblk + ret;