diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 4b8eafac5140..fca3eab419aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3197,6 +3197,9 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 	BUG_ON((split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1) &&
 	       (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2));
 
+	/* Do not cache extents that are in the process of being modified. */
+	flags |= EXT4_EX_NOCACHE;
+
 	ext_debug(inode, "logical block %llu\n", (unsigned long long)split);
 
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
@@ -3379,6 +3382,9 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 	ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 	unwritten = ext4_ext_is_unwritten(ex);
 
+	/* Do not cache extents that are in the process of being modified. */
+	flags |= EXT4_EX_NOCACHE;
+
 	if (map->m_lblk + map->m_len < ee_block + ee_len) {
 		split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT;
 		flags1 = flags | EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO;