diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 17b2fb2e8d195fc355a44096ca4c1ba07ec721db..e35f93b4cb13d87e884be6d6ec1100164cfd2975 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2597,6 +2597,27 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're starting with an extent other than the last one in the
+	 * node, we need to see if it shares a cluster with the extent to
+	 * the right (towards the end of the file). If its leftmost cluster
+	 * is this extent's rightmost cluster and it is not cluster aligned,
+	 * we'll mark it as a partial that is not to be deallocated.
+	 */
+
+	if (ex != EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh)) {
+		ext4_fsblk_t current_pblk, right_pblk;
+		long long current_cluster, right_cluster;
+
+		current_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex) + ex_ee_len - 1;
+		current_cluster = (long long)EXT4_B2C(sbi, current_pblk);
+		right_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex + 1);
+		right_cluster = (long long)EXT4_B2C(sbi, right_pblk);
+		if (current_cluster == right_cluster &&
+			EXT4_PBLK_COFF(sbi, right_pblk))
+			*partial_cluster = -right_cluster;
+	}
+
 	trace_ext4_ext_rm_leaf(inode, start, ex, *partial_cluster);
 
 	while (ex >= EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh) &&