diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 48fc023..65bbc93 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1305,6 +1305,55 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Reserve a metadata for a single block located at lblock
+ */
+static int ext4_da_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock)
+{
+	int retries = 0;
+	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
+	unsigned int md_needed;
+	ext4_lblk_t save_last_lblock;
+	int save_len;
+
+	/*
+	 * recalculate the amount of metadata blocks to reserve
+	 * in order to allocate nrblocks
+	 * worse case is one extent per block
+	 */
+repeat:
+	spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+	/*
+	 * ext4_calc_metadata_amount() has side effects, which we have
+	 * to be prepared undo if we fail to claim space.
+	 */
+	save_len = ei->i_da_metadata_calc_len;
+	save_last_lblock = ei->i_da_metadata_calc_last_lblock;
+	md_needed = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi,
+				 ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, lblock));
+	trace_ext4_da_reserve_space(inode, md_needed);
+
+	/*
+	 * We do still charge estimated metadata to the sb though;
+	 * we cannot afford to run out of free blocks.
+	 */
+	if (ext4_claim_free_clusters(sbi, md_needed, 0)) {
+		ei->i_da_metadata_calc_len = save_len;
+		ei->i_da_metadata_calc_last_lblock = save_last_lblock;
+		spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+		if (ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)) {
+			cond_resched();
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+	ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks += md_needed;
+	spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+
+	return 0;       /* success */
+}
+
+/*
  * Reserve a single cluster located at lblock
  */
 static int ext4_da_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock)
@@ -1940,8 +1989,11 @@
 		 * XXX: __block_prepare_write() unmaps passed block,
 		 * is it OK?
 		 */
-		/* If the block was allocated from previously allocated cluster,
-		 * then we dont need to reserve it again. */
+		/*
+		 * If the block was allocated from previously allocated cluster,
+		 * then we don't need to reserve it again. However we still need
+		 * to reserve metadata for every block we're going to write.
+		 */
 		if (!(map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_FROM_CLUSTER)) {
 			ret = ext4_da_reserve_space(inode, iblock);
 			if (ret) {
@@ -1949,6 +2001,13 @@
 				retval = ret;
 				goto out_unlock;
 			}
+		} else {
+			ret = ext4_da_reserve_metadata(inode, iblock);
+			if (ret) {
+				/* not enough space to reserve */
+				retval = ret;
+				goto out_unlock;
+			}
 		}
 
 		ret = ext4_es_insert_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, map->m_len,