diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 3bf3f20f8ecccee8d4219c44a405787bb624bb53..f3b4408be5904a996920397960b2df322fde07f3 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -628,11 +628,11 @@ static int get_more_blocks(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		map_bh->b_size = fs_count << i_blkbits;
 
 		/*
-		 * For writes inside i_size on a DIO_SKIP_HOLES filesystem we
-		 * forbid block creations: only overwrites are permitted.
-		 * We will return early to the caller once we see an
-		 * unmapped buffer head returned, and the caller will fall
-		 * back to buffered I/O.
+		 * For writes that could fill holes inside i_size on a
+		 * DIO_SKIP_HOLES filesystem we forbid block creations: only
+		 * overwrites are permitted. We will return early to the caller
+		 * once we see an unmapped buffer head returned, and the caller
+		 * will fall back to buffered I/O.
 		 *
 		 * Otherwise the decision is left to the get_blocks method,
 		 * which may decide to handle it or also return an unmapped
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ static int get_more_blocks(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		 */
 		create = dio->rw & WRITE;
 		if (dio->flags & DIO_SKIP_HOLES) {
-			if (sdio->block_in_file < (i_size_read(dio->inode) >>
-							sdio->blkbits))
+			if (fs_startblk <= ((i_size_read(dio->inode) - 1) >>
+							i_blkbits))
 				create = 0;
 		}