diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 34cee87a0ac7..95139c992a54 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,13 @@ retry_grab:
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * The same as page allocation, we prealloc buffer heads before
+	 * starting the handle.
+	 */
+	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+		create_empty_buffers(page, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, 0);
+
 	unlock_page(page);
 
 retry_journal: