diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 1ae5004e93fc20ffd99a652efa6be9897a0518c1..e9fa960ba6da9fa6cf573fc517d70808e519ab83 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -1626,6 +1626,9 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
 		free_blocks =
 			percpu_counter_sum_and_set(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 #endif
+	if (free_blocks <= root_blocks)
+		/* we don't have free space */
+		return 0;
 	if (free_blocks - root_blocks < nblocks)
 		return free_blocks - root_blocks;
 	return nblocks;