diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 9588240..9962d57 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@
 		ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
 	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
 		ar.flags |= EXT4_MB_DELALLOC_RESERVED;
+	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL)
+		ar.flags |= EXT4_MB_USE_RESERVED;
 
 	ar.goal = ext4_find_goal(inode, map->m_lblk, partial);