diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2cf5759ba689..b2952a7ce771 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 	struct partial_cluster partial;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int i = 0, err = 0;
-	int flags = EXT4_EX_NOCACHE | EXT4_EX_NOFAIL;
+	int flags = EXT4_EX_NOCACHE | EXT4_EX_NOFAIL | EXT4_EX_FORCE_CACHE;
 
 	partial.pclu = 0;
 	partial.lblk = 0;