diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 6c95812120eb..5e28a5225e3f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -712,7 +712,8 @@ xfs_ioc_space(
 		flags |= XFS_PREALLOC_CLEAR;
 		if (bf->l_start > XFS_ISIZE(ip)) {
 			error = xfs_alloc_file_space(ip, XFS_ISIZE(ip),
-					bf->l_start - XFS_ISIZE(ip), 0);
+					bf->l_start - XFS_ISIZE(ip),
+					XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC);
 			if (error)
 				goto out_unlock;
 		}