diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index bc15c2c..7ffa290 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -829,7 +829,8 @@
 	int	flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	int	err;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) ||
+	    ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EA_INODE))
 		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
 	else if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
 		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;