diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index fd2294de404..05d9f81956c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 	if (ar->len == 0) {
 		*errp = -EDQUOT;
-		return 0;
+		goto out3;
 	}
 	inquota = ar->len;
 
@@ -4614,6 +4614,13 @@ out2:
 out1:
 	if (ar->len < inquota)
 		DQUOT_FREE_BLOCK(ar->inode, inquota - ar->len);
+out3:
+	if (!ar->len) {
+		if (!EXT4_I(ar->inode)->i_delalloc_reserved_flag)
+			/* release all the reserved blocks if non delalloc */
+			percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter,
+						reserv_blks);
+	}
 
 	return block;
 }