diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index e6941e622d31..1fefeb7d14db 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -655,6 +655,14 @@ int ext4_es_insert_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 
 	BUG_ON(end < lblk);
 
+	if ((status & EXTENT_STATUS_DELAYED) &&
+	    (status & EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN)) {
+		ext4_warning(inode->i_sb, "Inserting extent [%u/%u] as "
+				" delayed and written which can potentially "
+				" cause data loss.\n", lblk, len);
+		WARN_ON(1);
+	}
+
 	newes.es_lblk = lblk;
 	newes.es_len = len;
 	ext4_es_store_pblock(&newes, pblk);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index e48bd5a1814b..9e3d8dd6c40a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ int ext4_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		status = map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN ?
 				EXTENT_STATUS_UNWRITTEN : EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN;
 		if (!(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE) &&
+		    !(status & EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN) &&
 		    ext4_find_delalloc_range(inode, map->m_lblk,
 					     map->m_lblk + map->m_len - 1))
 			status |= EXTENT_STATUS_DELAYED;
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ found:
 		status = map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_UNWRITTEN ?
 				EXTENT_STATUS_UNWRITTEN : EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN;
 		if (!(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE) &&
+		    !(status & EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN) &&
 		    ext4_find_delalloc_range(inode, map->m_lblk,
 					     map->m_lblk + map->m_len - 1))
 			status |= EXTENT_STATUS_DELAYED;