1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index 3fc09cd8d517..1140cef4ba99 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,9 @@ xfs_bmbt_split(
                  * block allocation here and corrupt the filesystem.
                  */
                 args.minleft = xfs_trans_get_block_res(args.tp);
-        } else
+        } else if (cur->bc_private.b.flist->xbf_low)
+                args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_START_BNO;
+        else
                 args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_NEAR_BNO;
         args.mod = args.alignment = args.total = args.isfl =
                 args.userdata = args.minalignslop = 0;
@@ -2237,7 +2239,9 @@ xfs_bmbt_newroot(
 #endif
                 args.fsbno = be64_to_cpu(*pp);
                 args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_START_BNO;
-        } else
+        } else if (cur->bc_private.b.flist->xbf_low)
+                args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_START_BNO;
+        else
                 args.type = XFS_ALLOCTYPE_NEAR_BNO;
         if ((error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args))) {
                 XFS_BMBT_TRACE_CURSOR(cur, ERROR);