diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 8d62fd626be5..d78e02a3b4d6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -6245,6 +6245,8 @@ xfs_bmap_finish_one(
 
 	switch (bi->bi_type) {
 	case XFS_BMAP_MAP:
+		if (bi->bi_bmap.br_state == XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN)
+			flags |= XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC;
 		error = xfs_bmapi_remap(tp, bi->bi_owner, bmap->br_startoff,
 				bmap->br_blockcount, bmap->br_startblock,
 				flags);