diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ea607f9..8b158ae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1942,8 +1942,8 @@
 	 * There is no free space in the found leaf.
 	 * We're gonna add a new leaf in the tree.
 	 */
-	if (flag & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PUNCH_OUT_EXT)
-		flags = EXT4_MB_USE_ROOT_BLOCKS;
+	if (flag & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL)
+		flags = EXT4_MB_USE_RESERVED;
 	err = ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle, inode, flags, path, newext);
 	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -2729,12 +2729,14 @@
 
 			/*
 			 * Split the extent in two so that 'end' is the last
-			 * block in the first new extent
+			 * block in the first new extent. Also we should not
+			 * fail removing space due to ENOSPC so try to use
+			 * reserved block if that happens.
 			 */
 			err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
-						end + 1, split_flag,
-						EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO |
-						EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PUNCH_OUT_EXT);
+					end + 1, split_flag,
+					EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO |
+					EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL);
 
 			if (err < 0)
 				goto out;
@@ -3209,7 +3211,8 @@
 static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 					   struct inode *inode,
 					   struct ext4_map_blocks *map,
-					   struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+					   struct ext4_ext_path *path,
+					   int flags)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
@@ -3435,7 +3438,7 @@
 	}
 
 	allocated = ext4_split_extent(handle, inode, path,
-				      &split_map, split_flag, 0);
+				      &split_map, split_flag, flags);
 	if (allocated < 0)
 		err = allocated;
 
@@ -3755,6 +3758,12 @@
 		  flags, allocated);
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
 
+	/*
+	 * When writing into uninitialized space, we should not fail to
+	 * allocate metadata blocks for the new extent block if needed.
+	 */
+	flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL;
+
 	trace_ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(inode, map, flags,
 						    allocated, newblock);
 
@@ -3818,7 +3827,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* buffered write, writepage time, convert*/
-	ret = ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle, inode, map, path);
+	ret = ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle, inode, map, path, flags);
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
 out: