diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 2a1f8a5..963d23d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -926,11 +926,13 @@
 			     __le32 *last)
 {
 	__le32 *p;
-	int	flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
+	int	flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	int	err;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
+		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
+	else if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
+		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;
 
 	if (!ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb), block_to_free,
 				   count)) {