1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 08b179fa9e8f..4111cd3966c7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -5471,8 +5471,13 @@ xfs_getbmap(
                         if (error)
                                 goto out_unlock_iolock;
                 }
-
-                ASSERT(ip->i_delayed_blks == 0);
+                /*
+                 * even after flushing the inode, there can still be delalloc
+                 * blocks on the inode beyond EOF due to speculative
+                 * preallocation. These are not removed until the release
+                 * function is called or the inode is inactivated. Hence we
+                 * cannot assert here that ip->i_delayed_blks == 0.
+                 */
         }
 
         lock = xfs_ilock_map_shared(ip);