diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 9c8019c78c92..44f0b2de153e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -585,11 +585,20 @@ xfs_vn_fallocate(
 	bf.l_len = len;
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
+
+	/* check the new inode size is valid before allocating */
+	if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) &&
+	    offset + len > i_size_read(inode)) {
+		new_size = offset + len;
+		error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, new_size);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	error = -xfs_change_file_space(ip, XFS_IOC_RESVSP, &bf,
 				       0, XFS_ATTR_NOLOCK);
-	if (!error && !(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) &&
-	    offset + len > i_size_read(inode))
-		new_size = offset + len;
+	if (error)
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/* Change file size if needed */
 	if (new_size) {
@@ -600,6 +609,7 @@ xfs_vn_fallocate(
 		error = -xfs_setattr(ip, &iattr, XFS_ATTR_NOLOCK);
 	}
 
+out_unlock:
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 out_error:
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 9d376be0ea38..a06bd62504fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ xfs_setattr(
 		if (code) {
 			ASSERT(tp == NULL);
 			lock_flags &= ~XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
-			ASSERT(lock_flags == XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
+			ASSERT(lock_flags == XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL || !need_iolock);
 			goto error_return;
 		}
 		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SETATTR_SIZE);