diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 6a7c2f03ea11a123bcd04fbc70be96cbc897382f..040eeda8426ff7d996b87f144282303b26cc39b0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -725,12 +725,16 @@ xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree(
 	*logflagsp = 0;
 	if ((error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args))) {
 		xfs_iroot_realloc(ip, -1, whichfork);
+		ASSERT(ifp->if_broot == NULL);
+		XFS_IFORK_FMT_SET(ip, whichfork, XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS);
 		xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_ERROR);
 		return error;
 	}
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(args.fsbno == NULLFSBLOCK)) {
 		xfs_iroot_realloc(ip, -1, whichfork);
+		ASSERT(ifp->if_broot == NULL);
+		XFS_IFORK_FMT_SET(ip, whichfork, XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS);
 		xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_ERROR);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}