diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 635135e6148e..58dede76f75f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ enum {
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE	0x0008
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_FIRST_CLUSTER	0x0010
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_LAST_CLUSTER	0x0020
+#define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RESERVE		0x0040
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 01838875fcaf..62b21ccea882 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ static void ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up(handle_t *handle,
 
 	brelse(path[1].p_bh);
 	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, blk, 1,
-			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET |
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RESERVE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 4bbbf13bd743..aa7d058e9e48 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4585,6 +4585,7 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	struct buffer_head *gd_bh;
 	ext4_group_t block_group;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct ext4_buddy e4b;
 	unsigned int count_clusters;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -4784,7 +4785,6 @@ do_more:
 	ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp, bitmap_bh);
 	ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp);
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
-	percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter, count_clusters);
 
 	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
 		ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
@@ -4792,10 +4792,23 @@ do_more:
 			     &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_clusters);
 	}
 
-	ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
-
-	if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE))
+	if (flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RESERVE && ei->i_reserved_data_blocks) {
+		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_dirtyclusters_counter,
+				   count_clusters);
+		spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+		if (flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA)
+			ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks += count_clusters;
+		else
+			ei->i_reserved_data_blocks += count_clusters;
+		spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+		if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE))
+			dquot_reclaim_block(inode,
+					EXT4_C2B(sbi, count_clusters));
+	} else if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE))
 		dquot_free_block(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, count_clusters));
+	percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter, count_clusters);
+
+	ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 
 	/* We dirtied the bitmap block */
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "dirtied bitmap block");