diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 237983cd8cdc..c2bb2ff3fbb6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -649,6 +649,14 @@ int ext4_ind_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
 	count = ar.len;
+
+	/*
+	 * Update reserved blocks/metadata blocks after successful block
+	 * allocation which had been deferred till now.
+	 */
+	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
+		ext4_da_update_reserve_space(inode, count, 1);
+
 got_it:
 	map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_MAPPED;
 	map->m_pblk = le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d3143746bcdb..365c4d3a434a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -654,16 +654,6 @@ int ext4_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			 */
 			ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_MIGRATE);
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Update reserved blocks/metadata blocks after successful
-		 * block allocation which had been deferred till now. We don't
-		 * support fallocate for non extent files. So we can update
-		 * reserve space here.
-		 */
-		if ((retval > 0) &&
-			(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE))
-			ext4_da_update_reserve_space(inode, retval, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (retval > 0) {