diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index f17c3d33fb18a03d20985d9215a8fc1ccc992f4a..7756579430578ba1f91892b321eab2d6dcd01941 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1855,6 +1855,45 @@ int ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * zero out partial blocks of one cluster.
+ *
+ * start: file offset where zero starts, will be made upper block aligned.
+ * len: it will be trimmed to the end of current cluster if "start + len"
+ *      is bigger than it.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_zeroout_partial_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+					u64 start, u64 len)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u64 start_block, end_block, nr_blocks;
+	u64 p_block, offset;
+	u32 cluster, p_cluster, nr_clusters;
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	u64 end = ocfs2_align_bytes_to_clusters(sb, start);
+
+	if (start + len < end)
+		end = start + len;
+
+	start_block = ocfs2_blocks_for_bytes(sb, start);
+	end_block = ocfs2_blocks_for_bytes(sb, end);
+	nr_blocks = end_block - start_block;
+	if (!nr_blocks)
+		return 0;
+
+	cluster = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(sb, start);
+	ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, cluster, &p_cluster,
+				&nr_clusters, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (!p_cluster)
+		return 0;
+
+	offset = start_block - ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, cluster);
+	p_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, p_cluster) + offset;
+	return sb_issue_zeroout(sb, p_block, nr_blocks, GFP_NOFS);
+}
+
 /*
  * Parts of this function taken from xfs_change_file_space()
  */
@@ -1865,7 +1904,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 {
 	int ret;
 	s64 llen;
-	loff_t size;
+	loff_t size, orig_isize;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle;
@@ -1896,6 +1935,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 		goto out_inode_unlock;
 	}
 
+	orig_isize = i_size_read(inode);
 	switch (sr->l_whence) {
 	case 0: /*SEEK_SET*/
 		break;
@@ -1903,7 +1943,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 		sr->l_start += f_pos;
 		break;
 	case 2: /*SEEK_END*/
-		sr->l_start += i_size_read(inode);
+		sr->l_start += orig_isize;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1957,6 +1997,14 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	/* zeroout eof blocks in the cluster. */
+	if (!ret && change_size && orig_isize < size) {
+		ret = ocfs2_zeroout_partial_cluster(inode, orig_isize,
+					size - orig_isize);
+		if (!ret)
+			i_size_write(inode, size);
+	}
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1973,9 +2021,6 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 		goto out_inode_unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (change_size && i_size_read(inode) < size)
-		i_size_write(inode, size);
-
 	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
 	ret = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode, di_bh);
 	if (ret < 0)