diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index a38f32427826..d279ea8c4661 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2138,6 +2138,80 @@ void ext4_ext_release(struct super_block *sb)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void bi_complete(struct bio *bio, int error)
+{
+	complete((struct completion *)bio->bi_private);
+}
+
+/* FIXME!! we need to try to merge to left or right after zero-out  */
+static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
+{
+	int ret = -EIO;
+	struct bio *bio;
+	int blkbits, blocksize;
+	sector_t ee_pblock;
+	struct completion event;
+	unsigned int ee_len, len, done, offset;
+
+
+	blkbits   = inode->i_blkbits;
+	blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	ee_len    = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
+	ee_pblock = ext_pblock(ex);
+
+	/* convert ee_pblock to 512 byte sectors */
+	ee_pblock = ee_pblock << (blkbits - 9);
+
+	while (ee_len > 0) {
+
+		if (ee_len > BIO_MAX_PAGES)
+			len = BIO_MAX_PAGES;
+		else
+			len = ee_len;
+
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, len);
+		if (!bio)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		bio->bi_sector = ee_pblock;
+		bio->bi_bdev   = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
+
+		done = 0;
+		offset = 0;
+		while (done < len) {
+			ret = bio_add_page(bio, ZERO_PAGE(0),
+							blocksize, offset);
+			if (ret != blocksize) {
+				/*
+				 * We can't add any more pages because of
+				 * hardware limitations.  Start a new bio.
+				 */
+				break;
+			}
+			done++;
+			offset += blocksize;
+			if (offset >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+				offset = 0;
+		}
+
+		init_completion(&event);
+		bio->bi_private = &event;
+		bio->bi_end_io = bi_complete;
+		submit_bio(WRITE, bio);
+		wait_for_completion(&event);
+
+		if (test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
+			ret = 0;
+		else {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
+		bio_put(bio);
+		ee_len    -= done;
+		ee_pblock += done  << (blkbits - 9);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function is called by ext4_ext_get_blocks() if someone tries to write
  * to an uninitialized extent. It may result in splitting the uninitialized
@@ -2204,14 +2278,19 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 		ex3->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(allocated - max_blocks);
 		ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex3);
 		err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, ex3);
-		if (err) {
+		if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+			err =  ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &orig_ex);
+			if (err)
+				goto fix_extent_len;
+			/* update the extent length and mark as initialized */
 			ex->ee_block = orig_ex.ee_block;
 			ex->ee_len   = orig_ex.ee_len;
 			ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, ext_pblock(&orig_ex));
-			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
 			ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
-			goto out;
-		}
+			return le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+
+		} else if (err)
+			goto fix_extent_len;
 		/*
 		 * The depth, and hence eh & ex might change
 		 * as part of the insert above.
@@ -2297,15 +2376,28 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 	goto out;
 insert:
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &newex);
-	if (err) {
+	if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+		err =  ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &orig_ex);
+		if (err)
+			goto fix_extent_len;
+		/* update the extent length and mark as initialized */
 		ex->ee_block = orig_ex.ee_block;
 		ex->ee_len   = orig_ex.ee_len;
 		ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, ext_pblock(&orig_ex));
-		ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
 		ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
-	}
+		return le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+	} else if (err)
+		goto fix_extent_len;
 out:
 	return err ? err : allocated;
+
+fix_extent_len:
+	ex->ee_block = orig_ex.ee_block;
+	ex->ee_len   = orig_ex.ee_len;
+	ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, ext_pblock(&orig_ex));
+	ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
+	ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*