diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0e2ea57..2da74f5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@
 		EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks;
 	spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
-	return total;
+	return (total << inode->i_blkbits);
 }
 /*
  * Calculate the number of metadata blocks need to reserve