diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 7394c7af5de5ab0822beae7e742929f6dad4742d..19cf90a9c762841dc8b189676cb684ee4304946f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,13 @@ xfs_create(
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks, log_res, 0,
 			XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES, log_count);
 	if (error == ENOSPC) {
+		/* flush outstanding delalloc blocks and retry */
+		xfs_flush_inodes(dp);
+		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks, XFS_CREATE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
+			XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES, XFS_CREATE_LOG_COUNT);
+	}
+	if (error == ENOSPC) {
+		/* No space at all so try a "no-allocation" reservation */
 		resblks = 0;
 		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, log_res, 0,
 				XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES, log_count);