diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 892fa7c7a768..7ed71c652f67 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -714,43 +714,43 @@ static u8 *ext4_fc_reserve_space(struct super_block *sb, int len, u32 *crc)
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int bsize = sbi->s_journal->j_blocksize;
 	int ret, off = sbi->s_fc_bytes % bsize;
-	int pad_len;
+	int remaining;
 	u8 *dst;
 
 	/*
-	 * After allocating len, we should have space at least for a 0 byte
-	 * padding.
+	 * If 'len' is too long to fit in any block alongside a PAD tlv, then we
+	 * cannot fulfill the request.
 	 */
-	if (len + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN > bsize)
+	if (len > bsize - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (bsize - off - 1 > len + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN) {
-		/*
-		 * Only allocate from current buffer if we have enough space for
-		 * this request AND we have space to add a zero byte padding.
-		 */
-		if (!sbi->s_fc_bh) {
-			ret = jbd2_fc_get_buf(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, &bh);
-			if (ret)
-				return NULL;
-			sbi->s_fc_bh = bh;
-		}
-		sbi->s_fc_bytes += len;
-		return sbi->s_fc_bh->b_data + off;
+	if (!sbi->s_fc_bh) {
+		ret = jbd2_fc_get_buf(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, &bh);
+		if (ret)
+			return NULL;
+		sbi->s_fc_bh = bh;
 	}
-	/* Need to add PAD tag */
 	dst = sbi->s_fc_bh->b_data + off;
-	tl.fc_tag = cpu_to_le16(EXT4_FC_TAG_PAD);
-	pad_len = bsize - off - 1 - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
-	tl.fc_len = cpu_to_le16(pad_len);
-	ext4_fc_memcpy(sb, dst, &tl, EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN, crc);
-	dst += EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
-	if (pad_len > 0) {
-		ext4_fc_memzero(sb, dst, pad_len, crc);
-		dst += pad_len;
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate the bytes in the current block if we can do so while still
+	 * leaving enough space for a PAD tlv.
+	 */
+	remaining = bsize - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN - off;
+	if (len <= remaining) {
+		sbi->s_fc_bytes += len;
+		return dst;
 	}
-	/* Don't leak uninitialized memory in the unused last byte. */
-	*dst = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Else, terminate the current block with a PAD tlv, then allocate a new
+	 * block and allocate the bytes at the start of that new block.
+	 */
+
+	tl.fc_tag = cpu_to_le16(EXT4_FC_TAG_PAD);
+	tl.fc_len = cpu_to_le16(remaining);
+	ext4_fc_memcpy(sb, dst, &tl, EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN, crc);
+	ext4_fc_memzero(sb, dst + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN, remaining, crc);
 
 	ext4_fc_submit_bh(sb, false);
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static u8 *ext4_fc_reserve_space(struct super_block *sb, int len, u32 *crc)
 	if (ret)
 		return NULL;
 	sbi->s_fc_bh = bh;
-	sbi->s_fc_bytes = (sbi->s_fc_bytes / bsize + 1) * bsize + len;
+	sbi->s_fc_bytes += bsize - off + len;
 	return sbi->s_fc_bh->b_data;
 }
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_write_tail(struct super_block *sb, u32 crc)
 	off = sbi->s_fc_bytes % bsize;
 
 	tl.fc_tag = cpu_to_le16(EXT4_FC_TAG_TAIL);
-	tl.fc_len = cpu_to_le16(bsize - off - 1 + sizeof(struct ext4_fc_tail));
+	tl.fc_len = cpu_to_le16(bsize - off + sizeof(struct ext4_fc_tail));
 	sbi->s_fc_bytes = round_up(sbi->s_fc_bytes, bsize);
 
 	ext4_fc_memcpy(sb, dst, &tl, EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN, &crc);
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_scan(journal_t *journal,
 	state = &sbi->s_fc_replay_state;
 
 	start = (u8 *)bh->b_data;
-	end = (__u8 *)bh->b_data + journal->j_blocksize - 1;
+	end = start + journal->j_blocksize;
 
 	if (state->fc_replay_expected_off == 0) {
 		state->fc_cur_tag = 0;
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_scan(journal_t *journal,
 	}
 
 	state->fc_replay_expected_off++;
-	for (cur = start; cur < end - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
+	for (cur = start; cur <= end - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
 	     cur = cur + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN + tl.fc_len) {
 		ext4_fc_get_tl(&tl, cur);
 		val = cur + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
@@ -2195,9 +2195,9 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh,
 #endif
 
 	start = (u8 *)bh->b_data;
-	end = (__u8 *)bh->b_data + journal->j_blocksize - 1;
+	end = start + journal->j_blocksize;
 
-	for (cur = start; cur < end - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
+	for (cur = start; cur <= end - EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;
 	     cur = cur + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN + tl.fc_len) {
 		ext4_fc_get_tl(&tl, cur);
 		val = cur + EXT4_FC_TAG_BASE_LEN;