diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 18f4b262e61cee569c9e0ee06e7645c509e1b341..2e94deb4610aad7be06fce63765949961f9e8b69 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ xfs_extlen_t
 xfs_get_extsz_hint(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
+	/*
+	 * No point in aligning allocations if we need to COW to actually
+	 * write to them.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_is_always_cow_inode(ip))
+		return 0;
 	if ((ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE) && ip->i_d.di_extsize)
 		return ip->i_d.di_extsize;
 	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))