diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 16bb6591561b38ce36826ce6bc17b690f7ac4d07..35220866fbbff5d354d56180ab6a6f759ea8d935 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3177,8 +3177,27 @@ static void ext4_mb_collect_stats(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 static void ext4_discard_allocated_blocks(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 {
 	struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa = ac->ac_pa;
+	struct ext4_buddy e4b;
+	int err;
 
-	if (pa && pa->pa_type == MB_INODE_PA)
+	if (pa == NULL) {
+		err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(ac->ac_sb, ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group, &e4b);
+		if (err) {
+			/*
+			 * This should never happen since we pin the
+			 * pages in the ext4_allocation_context so
+			 * ext4_mb_load_buddy() should never fail.
+			 */
+			WARN(1, "mb_load_buddy failed (%d)", err);
+			return;
+		}
+		ext4_lock_group(ac->ac_sb, ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group);
+		mb_free_blocks(ac->ac_inode, &e4b, ac->ac_f_ex.fe_start,
+			       ac->ac_f_ex.fe_len);
+		ext4_unlock_group(ac->ac_sb, ac->ac_f_ex.fe_group);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (pa->pa_type == MB_INODE_PA)
 		pa->pa_free += ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len;
 }