1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 6e1ad68cdc7a..eb20246c8965 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         struct inode *old_inode, *new_inode;
         struct buffer_head *old_bh, *new_bh, *dir_bh;
         struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *old_de, *new_de;
-        int retval;
+        int retval, force_da_alloc = 0;
 
         old_bh = new_bh = dir_bh = NULL;
 
@@ -2497,6 +2497,7 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_inode);
                 if (!new_inode->i_nlink)
                         ext4_orphan_add(handle, new_inode);
+                force_da_alloc = 1;
         }
         retval = 0;
 
@@ -2505,6 +2506,8 @@ end_rename:
         brelse(old_bh);
         brelse(new_bh);
         ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+        if (retval == 0 && force_da_alloc)
+                ext4_alloc_da_blocks(old_inode);
         return retval;
 }