diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 486e46a3918d..cb14646117f0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ got:
 		goto fail_free_drop;
 	}
 	if (test_opt(sb, EXTENTS)) {
-		/* set extent flag only for directory and file */
-		if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode)) {
+		/* set extent flag only for diretory, file and normal symlink*/
+		if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 			EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags |= EXT4_EXTENTS_FL;
 			ext4_ext_tree_init(handle, inode);
 			err = ext4_update_incompat_feature(handle, sb,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 28aa2ed4297e..68611945687d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,8 @@ retry:
 			goto out_stop;
 		}
 	} else {
+		/* clear the extent format for fast symlink */
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT4_EXTENTS_FL;
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 		memcpy((char*)&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data,symname,l);
 		inode->i_size = l-1;