diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 9de1c9d1a13d..3559ea6b0781 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3251,7 +3251,7 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 		ext4_ext_mark_unwritten(ex2);
 
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, ppath, &newex, flags);
-	if (err != -ENOSPC && err != -EDQUOT)
+	if (err != -ENOSPC && err != -EDQUOT && err != -ENOMEM)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT & split_flag) {