diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 31c72371a164..4a536387e992 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2071,6 +2071,16 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 
 	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx, inode);
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the range to full if the NO_HOLES feature is not enabled.
+	 * This is to avoid missing file extent items representing holes after
+	 * replaying the log.
+	 */
+	if (!btrfs_fs_incompat(fs_info, NO_HOLES)) {
+		start = 0;
+		end = LLONG_MAX;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We write the dirty pages in the range and wait until they complete
 	 * out of the ->i_mutex. If so, we can flush the dirty pages by