diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 9ffdf30eb4fe..36e426406297 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3265,7 +3265,7 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 
 	err = PTR_ERR(path);
 	if (err != -ENOSPC && err != -EDQUOT && err != -ENOMEM)
-		return path;
+		goto out_path;
 
 	/*
 	 * Get a new path to try to zeroout or fix the extent length.
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "Failed split extent on %u, err %ld",
 				 split, PTR_ERR(path));
-		return path;
+		goto out_path;
 	}
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
@@ -3356,6 +3356,10 @@ out:
 		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		path = ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
+out_path:
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
+		/* Remove all remaining potentially stale extents. */
+		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, ee_block, ee_len);
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
 	return path;
 }