diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 7699a03..5dd56d3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@
 		XFS_ERROR_REPORT("xfs_iformat(7)", XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, ip->i_mount);
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
-	if (error) {
+	if (error)
 		return error;
+
+	if (xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip)) {
+		ASSERT(ip->i_cowfp == NULL);
+		xfs_ifork_init_cow(ip);
 	}
+
 	if (!XFS_DFORK_Q(dip))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -247,6 +252,9 @@
 	if (error) {
 		kmem_zone_free(xfs_ifork_zone, ip->i_afp);
 		ip->i_afp = NULL;
+		if (ip->i_cowfp)
+			kmem_zone_free(xfs_ifork_zone, ip->i_cowfp);
+		ip->i_cowfp = NULL;
 		xfs_idestroy_fork(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK);
 	}
 	return error;
@@ -761,6 +769,9 @@
 	if (whichfork == XFS_ATTR_FORK) {
 		kmem_zone_free(xfs_ifork_zone, ip->i_afp);
 		ip->i_afp = NULL;
+	} else if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK) {
+		kmem_zone_free(xfs_ifork_zone, ip->i_cowfp);
+		ip->i_cowfp = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -948,6 +959,19 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/* Convert bmap state flags to an inode fork. */
+struct xfs_ifork *
+xfs_iext_state_to_fork(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	int			state)
+{
+	if (state & BMAP_COWFORK)
+		return ip->i_cowfp;
+	else if (state & BMAP_ATTRFORK)
+		return ip->i_afp;
+	return &ip->i_df;
+}
+
 /*
  * Insert new item(s) into the extent records for incore inode
  * fork 'ifp'.  'count' new items are inserted at index 'idx'.
@@ -960,7 +984,7 @@
 	xfs_bmbt_irec_t	*new,		/* items to insert */
 	int		state)		/* type of extent conversion */
 {
-	xfs_ifork_t	*ifp = (state & BMAP_ATTRFORK) ? ip->i_afp : &ip->i_df;
+	xfs_ifork_t	*ifp = xfs_iext_state_to_fork(ip, state);
 	xfs_extnum_t	i;		/* extent record index */
 
 	trace_xfs_iext_insert(ip, idx, new, state, _RET_IP_);
@@ -1210,7 +1234,7 @@
 	int		ext_diff,	/* number of extents to remove */
 	int		state)		/* type of extent conversion */
 {
-	xfs_ifork_t	*ifp = (state & BMAP_ATTRFORK) ? ip->i_afp : &ip->i_df;
+	xfs_ifork_t	*ifp = xfs_iext_state_to_fork(ip, state);
 	xfs_extnum_t	nextents;	/* number of extents in file */
 	int		new_size;	/* size of extents after removal */
 
@@ -1955,3 +1979,20 @@
 		ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec[i].er_extoff += ext_diff;
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Initialize an inode's copy-on-write fork.
+ */
+void
+xfs_ifork_init_cow(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	if (ip->i_cowfp)
+		return;
+
+	ip->i_cowfp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
+				       KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
+	ip->i_cowfp->if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
+	ip->i_cformat = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
+	ip->i_cnextents = 0;
+}