diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 3a6c92ac131c..52abfa12762a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ mext_check_arguments(struct inode *orig_inode,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(donor_inode) || IS_APPEND(donor_inode))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* Ext4 move extent does not support swapfile */
 	if (IS_SWAPFILE(orig_inode) || IS_SWAPFILE(donor_inode)) {
 		ext4_debug("ext4 move extent: The argument files should "