diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index eef9f2dc99da..1bfee9dff9c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ static struct kmem_cache *ext4_pending_cachep;
 static int __es_insert_extent(struct inode *inode, struct extent_status *newes,
 			      struct extent_status *prealloc);
 static int __es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
-			      ext4_lblk_t end, int *reserved);
+			      ext4_lblk_t end, int *reserved,
+			      struct extent_status *prealloc);
 static int es_reclaim_extents(struct ext4_inode_info *ei, int *nr_to_scan);
 static int __es_shrink(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, int nr_to_scan,
 		       struct ext4_inode_info *locked_ei);
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ int ext4_es_insert_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	ext4_es_insert_extent_check(inode, &newes);
 
 	write_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
-	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, NULL);
+	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, NULL, NULL);
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto error;
 retry:
@@ -1296,6 +1297,7 @@ static unsigned int get_rsvd(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t end,
  * @lblk - first block in range
  * @end - last block in range
  * @reserved - number of cluster reservations released
+ * @prealloc - pre-allocated es to avoid memory allocation failures
  *
  * If @reserved is not NULL and delayed allocation is enabled, counts
  * block/cluster reservations freed by removing range and if bigalloc
@@ -1303,7 +1305,8 @@ static unsigned int get_rsvd(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t end,
  * error code on failure.
  */
 static int __es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
-			      ext4_lblk_t end, int *reserved)
+			      ext4_lblk_t end, int *reserved,
+			      struct extent_status *prealloc)
 {
 	struct ext4_es_tree *tree = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_tree;
 	struct rb_node *node;
@@ -1311,14 +1314,12 @@ static int __es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	struct extent_status orig_es;
 	ext4_lblk_t len1, len2;
 	ext4_fsblk_t block;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	bool count_reserved = true;
 	struct rsvd_count rc;
 
 	if (reserved == NULL || !test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC))
 		count_reserved = false;
-retry:
-	err = 0;
 
 	es = __es_tree_search(&tree->root, lblk);
 	if (!es)
@@ -1352,14 +1353,13 @@ static int __es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 					orig_es.es_len - len2;
 			ext4_es_store_pblock_status(&newes, block,
 						    ext4_es_status(&orig_es));
-			err = __es_insert_extent(inode, &newes, NULL);
+			err = __es_insert_extent(inode, &newes, prealloc);
 			if (err) {
+				if (!ext4_es_must_keep(&newes))
+					return 0;
+
 				es->es_lblk = orig_es.es_lblk;
 				es->es_len = orig_es.es_len;
-				if ((err == -ENOMEM) &&
-				    __es_shrink(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb),
-							128, EXT4_I(inode)))
-					goto retry;
 				goto out;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ int ext4_es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	 * is reclaimed.
 	 */
 	write_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
-	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, &reserved);
+	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, &reserved, NULL);
 	write_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 	ext4_es_print_tree(inode);
 	ext4_da_release_space(inode, reserved);
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ int ext4_es_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 
 	write_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 
-	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, lblk, NULL);
+	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, lblk, NULL, NULL);
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto error;
 retry: