diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 0f89f5190cd7..f2c62e2a0c98 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	__le32 border;
 	ext4_fsblk_t *ablocks = NULL; /* array of allocated blocks */
 	int err = 0;
+	size_t ext_size = 0;
 
 	/* make decision: where to split? */
 	/* FIXME: now decision is simplest: at current extent */
@@ -1126,6 +1127,10 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		le16_add_cpu(&neh->eh_entries, m);
 	}
 
+	/* zero out unused area in the extent block */
+	ext_size = sizeof(struct ext4_extent_header) +
+		sizeof(struct ext4_extent) * le16_to_cpu(neh->eh_entries);
+	memset(bh->b_data + ext_size, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - ext_size);
 	ext4_extent_block_csum_set(inode, neh);
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -1205,6 +1210,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				sizeof(struct ext4_extent_idx) * m);
 			le16_add_cpu(&neh->eh_entries, m);
 		}
+		/* zero out unused area in the extent block */
+		ext_size = sizeof(struct ext4_extent_header) +
+		   (sizeof(struct ext4_extent) * le16_to_cpu(neh->eh_entries));
+		memset(bh->b_data + ext_size, 0,
+			inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - ext_size);
 		ext4_extent_block_csum_set(inode, neh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -1270,6 +1280,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	ext4_fsblk_t newblock, goal = 0;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es;
 	int err = 0;
+	size_t ext_size = 0;
 
 	/* Try to prepend new index to old one */
 	if (ext_depth(inode))
@@ -1295,9 +1306,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ext_size = sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data);
 	/* move top-level index/leaf into new block */
-	memmove(bh->b_data, EXT4_I(inode)->i_data,
-		sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
+	memmove(bh->b_data, EXT4_I(inode)->i_data, ext_size);
+	/* zero out unused area in the extent block */
+	memset(bh->b_data + ext_size, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - ext_size);
 
 	/* set size of new block */
 	neh = ext_block_hdr(bh);