diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index e309db1c1582..2266c38cdb56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3803,6 +3803,8 @@ ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * illegal.
 	 */
 	if (ee_block != map->m_lblk || ee_len > map->m_len) {
+		int flags = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT |
+			    EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
 		ext4_warning(inode->i_sb, "Inode (%ld) finished: extent logical block %llu,"
 			     " len %u; IO logical block %llu, len %u",
@@ -3810,7 +3812,7 @@ ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			     (unsigned long long)map->m_lblk, map->m_len);
 #endif
 		path = ext4_split_convert_extents(handle, inode, map, path,
-						EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT, NULL);
+						  flags, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			return path;