diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2a97dff87b961771383c33e97dc57997eb6586fb..83a513efc824a39dbf876f0225f1d0d6ff78f385 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3413,13 +3413,13 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
 	struct ext4_map_blocks split_map;
-	struct ext4_extent zero_ex;
+	struct ext4_extent zero_ex1, zero_ex2;
 	struct ext4_extent *ex, *abut_ex;
 	ext4_lblk_t ee_block, eof_block;
 	unsigned int ee_len, depth, map_len = map->m_len;
 	int allocated = 0, max_zeroout = 0;
 	int err = 0;
-	int split_flag = 0;
+	int split_flag = EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2;
 
 	ext_debug("ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized: inode %lu, logical"
 		"block %llu, max_blocks %u\n", inode->i_ino,
@@ -3436,7 +3436,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
 	ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 	ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
-	zero_ex.ee_len = 0;
+	zero_ex1.ee_len = 0;
+	zero_ex2.ee_len = 0;
 
 	trace_ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized_enter(inode, map, ex);
 
@@ -3576,62 +3577,52 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
 		max_zeroout = 0;
 
-	/* If extent is less than s_max_zeroout_kb, zeroout directly */
-	if (max_zeroout && (ee_len <= max_zeroout)) {
-		err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, ex);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		zero_ex.ee_block = ex->ee_block;
-		zero_ex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
-		ext4_ext_store_pblock(&zero_ex, ext4_ext_pblock(ex));
-
-		err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		ext4_ext_mark_initialized(ex);
-		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
-		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	/*
-	 * four cases:
+	 * five cases:
 	 * 1. split the extent into three extents.
-	 * 2. split the extent into two extents, zeroout the first half.
-	 * 3. split the extent into two extents, zeroout the second half.
+	 * 2. split the extent into two extents, zeroout the head of the first
+	 *    extent.
+	 * 3. split the extent into two extents, zeroout the tail of the second
+	 *    extent.
 	 * 4. split the extent into two extents with out zeroout.
+	 * 5. no splitting needed, just possibly zeroout the head and / or the
+	 *    tail of the extent.
 	 */
 	split_map.m_lblk = map->m_lblk;
 	split_map.m_len = map->m_len;
 
-	if (max_zeroout && (allocated > map->m_len)) {
+	if (max_zeroout && (allocated > split_map.m_len)) {
 		if (allocated <= max_zeroout) {
-			/* case 3 */
-			zero_ex.ee_block =
-					 cpu_to_le32(map->m_lblk);
-			zero_ex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(allocated);
-			ext4_ext_store_pblock(&zero_ex,
-				ext4_ext_pblock(ex) + map->m_lblk - ee_block);
-			err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &zero_ex);
+			/* case 3 or 5 */
+			zero_ex1.ee_block =
+				 cpu_to_le32(split_map.m_lblk +
+					     split_map.m_len);
+			zero_ex1.ee_len =
+				cpu_to_le16(allocated - split_map.m_len);
+			ext4_ext_store_pblock(&zero_ex1,
+				ext4_ext_pblock(ex) + split_map.m_lblk +
+				split_map.m_len - ee_block);
+			err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &zero_ex1);
 			if (err)
 				goto out;
-			split_map.m_lblk = map->m_lblk;
 			split_map.m_len = allocated;
-		} else if (map->m_lblk - ee_block + map->m_len < max_zeroout) {
-			/* case 2 */
-			if (map->m_lblk != ee_block) {
-				zero_ex.ee_block = ex->ee_block;
-				zero_ex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(map->m_lblk -
+		}
+		if (split_map.m_lblk - ee_block + split_map.m_len <
+								max_zeroout) {
+			/* case 2 or 5 */
+			if (split_map.m_lblk != ee_block) {
+				zero_ex2.ee_block = ex->ee_block;
+				zero_ex2.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(split_map.m_lblk -
 							ee_block);
-				ext4_ext_store_pblock(&zero_ex,
+				ext4_ext_store_pblock(&zero_ex2,
 						      ext4_ext_pblock(ex));
-				err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &zero_ex);
+				err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &zero_ex2);
 				if (err)
 					goto out;
 			}
 
+			split_map.m_len += split_map.m_lblk - ee_block;
 			split_map.m_lblk = ee_block;
-			split_map.m_len = map->m_lblk - ee_block + map->m_len;
 			allocated = map->m_len;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3642,8 +3633,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 		err = 0;
 out:
 	/* If we have gotten a failure, don't zero out status tree */
-	if (!err)
-		err = ext4_zeroout_es(inode, &zero_ex);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = ext4_zeroout_es(inode, &zero_ex1);
+		if (!err)
+			err = ext4_zeroout_es(inode, &zero_ex2);
+	}
 	return err ? err : allocated;
 }