diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index aabbb3f53683..e8755c21f4b9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1655,17 +1655,61 @@ static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(struct inode *inode,
 	return merge_done;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function does a very simple check to see if we can collapse
+ * an extent tree with a single extent tree leaf block into the inode.
+ */
+static void ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+{
+	size_t s;
+	unsigned max_root = ext4_ext_space_root(inode, 0);
+	ext4_fsblk_t blk;
+
+	if ((path[0].p_depth != 1) ||
+	    (le16_to_cpu(path[0].p_hdr->eh_entries) != 1) ||
+	    (le16_to_cpu(path[1].p_hdr->eh_entries) > max_root))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to modify the block allocation bitmap and the block
+	 * group descriptor to release the extent tree block.  If we
+	 * can't get the journal credits, give up.
+	 */
+	if (ext4_journal_extend(handle, 2))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy the extent data up to the inode
+	 */
+	blk = ext4_idx_pblock(path[0].p_idx);
+	s = le16_to_cpu(path[1].p_hdr->eh_entries) *
+		sizeof(struct ext4_extent_idx);
+	s += sizeof(struct ext4_extent_header);
+
+	memcpy(path[0].p_hdr, path[1].p_hdr, s);
+	path[0].p_depth = 0;
+	path[0].p_ext = EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[0].p_hdr) +
+		(path[1].p_ext - EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[1].p_hdr));
+	path[0].p_hdr->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(max_root);
+
+	brelse(path[1].p_bh);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, blk, 1,
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
+}
+
 /*
  * This function tries to merge the @ex extent to neighbours in the tree.
  * return 1 if merge left else 0.
  */
-static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge(struct inode *inode,
+static void ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle_t *handle,
+				  struct inode *inode,
 				  struct ext4_ext_path *path,
 				  struct ext4_extent *ex) {
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
 	unsigned int depth;
 	int merge_done = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	BUG_ON(path[depth].p_hdr == NULL);
@@ -1675,9 +1719,9 @@ static int ext4_ext_try_to_merge(struct inode *inode,
 		merge_done = ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex - 1);
 
 	if (!merge_done)
-		ret = ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex);
+		(void) ext4_ext_try_to_merge_right(inode, path, ex);
 
-	return ret;
+	ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up(handle, inode, path);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1893,7 +1937,7 @@ has_space:
 merge:
 	/* try to merge extents */
 	if (!(flag & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO))
-		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, nearex);
+		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, nearex);
 
 
 	/* time to correct all indexes above */
@@ -1901,7 +1945,7 @@ merge:
 	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 
 cleanup:
 	if (npath) {
@@ -2924,9 +2968,9 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 			ext4_ext_mark_initialized(ex);
 
 		if (!(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO))
-			ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, ex);
+			ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
 
-		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2958,8 +3002,8 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 			goto fix_extent_len;
 		/* update the extent length and mark as initialized */
 		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ee_len);
-		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, ex);
-		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
+		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 		goto out;
 	} else if (err)
 		goto fix_extent_len;
@@ -3191,8 +3235,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		ext4_ext_mark_initialized(ex);
-		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, ex);
-		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
+		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -3333,10 +3377,10 @@ static int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle,
 	/* note: ext4_ext_correct_indexes() isn't needed here because
 	 * borders are not changed
 	 */
-	ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, ex);
+	ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
 
 	/* Mark modified extent as dirty */
-	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
+	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 out:
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
 	return err;