diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 59a518ad6bb2c12a90d7aea7085b9c6cbc79e202..a1eac00542033241852abba5d914f16e23862e6c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2902,7 +2902,8 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	if (ext4_nonda_switch(inode->i_sb)) {
+	if (ext4_nonda_switch(inode->i_sb) ||
+	    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		*fsdata = (void *)FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC;
 		return ext4_write_begin(file, mapping, pos,
 					len, flags, pagep, fsdata);