diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 18a5321b5ef3..63a292db7587 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int ret;
 	bool allocated = false;
+	bool reserved = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the cluster containing lblk is shared with a delayed,
@@ -1657,6 +1658,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk)
 		ret = ext4_da_reserve_space(inode);
 		if (ret != 0)   /* ENOSPC */
 			goto errout;
+		reserved = true;
 	} else {   /* bigalloc */
 		if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode, &ext4_es_is_delonly, lblk)) {
 			if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode,
@@ -1669,6 +1671,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk)
 					ret = ext4_da_reserve_space(inode);
 					if (ret != 0)   /* ENOSPC */
 						goto errout;
+					reserved = true;
 				} else {
 					allocated = true;
 				}
@@ -1679,6 +1682,8 @@ static int ext4_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk)
 	}
 
 	ret = ext4_es_insert_delayed_block(inode, lblk, allocated);
+	if (ret && reserved)
+		ext4_da_release_space(inode, 1);
 
 errout:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e5e896b6200a..cbeb02429671 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1356,6 +1356,12 @@ static void ext4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 				true);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
+
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks)
+		ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR,
+			 "Inode %lu (%p): i_reserved_data_blocks (%u) not cleared!",
+			 inode->i_ino, EXT4_I(inode),
+			 EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)