diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ae3804f36535..5e00f39c09e1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2193,8 +2193,11 @@ ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		goto errout;
 
 	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EFSCORRUPTED && !ext4_has_feature_huge_file(inode->i_sb))
+			ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, newext->ee_block, newext->ee_block);
 		goto errout;
+	}
 
 	return path;