diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 6d253edebf9fc4..130ed5d8373471 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -2002,6 +2002,14 @@ int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+		error = filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+			ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);