diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 25f809dc45a3..89b59cb7f9b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1182,18 +1182,8 @@ static int ext4_da_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock)
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	unsigned int md_needed;
 	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * recalculate the amount of metadata blocks to reserve
-	 * in order to allocate nrblocks
-	 * worse case is one extent per block
-	 */
-repeat:
-	spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
-	md_needed = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi,
-				 ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, lblock));
-	trace_ext4_da_reserve_space(inode, md_needed);
-	spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+	ext4_lblk_t save_last_lblock;
+	int save_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * We will charge metadata quota at writeout time; this saves
@@ -1203,19 +1193,39 @@ static int ext4_da_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock)
 	ret = dquot_reserve_block(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, 1));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * recalculate the amount of metadata blocks to reserve
+	 * in order to allocate nrblocks
+	 * worse case is one extent per block
+	 */
+repeat:
+	spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+	/*
+	 * ext4_calc_metadata_amount() has side effects, which we have
+	 * to be prepared undo if we fail to claim space.
+	 */
+	save_len = ei->i_da_metadata_calc_len;
+	save_last_lblock = ei->i_da_metadata_calc_last_lblock;
+	md_needed = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi,
+				 ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, lblock));
+	trace_ext4_da_reserve_space(inode, md_needed);
+
 	/*
 	 * We do still charge estimated metadata to the sb though;
 	 * we cannot afford to run out of free blocks.
 	 */
 	if (ext4_claim_free_clusters(sbi, md_needed + 1, 0)) {
-		dquot_release_reservation_block(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, 1));
+		ei->i_da_metadata_calc_len = save_len;
+		ei->i_da_metadata_calc_last_lblock = save_last_lblock;
+		spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
 		if (ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)) {
 			yield();
 			goto repeat;
 		}
+		dquot_release_reservation_block(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, 1));
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
-	spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
 	ei->i_reserved_data_blocks++;
 	ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks += md_needed;
 	spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);