diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 91341ec6e06a..f1089cba913a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4420,6 +4420,8 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		ext4_falloc_update_inode(inode, mode, new_size,
 					 (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_NEW));
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		if ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) && ret >= max_blocks)
+			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 		ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		if (ret2)
 			break;