diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index a4322526ea5f..ec93395eccdc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4253,6 +4253,19 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add a delayed allocation extent to an inode. Blocks are reserved from the
+ * global pool and the extent inserted into the inode in-core extent tree.
+ *
+ * On entry, got refers to the first extent beyond the offset of the extent to
+ * allocate or eof is specified if no such extent exists. On return, got refers
+ * to the extent record that was inserted to the inode fork.
+ *
+ * Note that the allocated extent may have been merged with contiguous extents
+ * during insertion into the inode fork. Thus, got does not reflect the current
+ * state of the inode fork on return. If necessary, the caller can use lastx to
+ * look up the updated record in the inode fork.
+ */
 int
 xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
@@ -4339,13 +4352,8 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	got->br_startblock = nullstartblock(indlen);
 	got->br_blockcount = alen;
 	got->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
-	xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay(ip, whichfork, lastx, got);
 
-	/*
-	 * Update our extent pointer, given that xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay
-	 * might have merged it into one of the neighbouring ones.
-	 */
-	xfs_bmbt_get_all(xfs_iext_get_ext(ifp, *lastx), got);
+	xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay(ip, whichfork, lastx, got);
 
 	/*
 	 * Tag the inode if blocks were preallocated. Note that COW fork
@@ -4357,10 +4365,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK && (prealloc || aoff < off || alen > len))
 		xfs_inode_set_cowblocks_tag(ip);
 
-	ASSERT(got->br_startoff <= aoff);
-	ASSERT(got->br_startoff + got->br_blockcount >= aoff + alen);
-	ASSERT(isnullstartblock(got->br_startblock));
-	ASSERT(got->br_state == XFS_EXT_NORM);
 	return 0;
 
 out_unreserve_blocks:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 5211887cbcd2..360562484e7b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -637,6 +637,11 @@ retry:
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Flag newly allocated delalloc blocks with IOMAP_F_NEW so we punch
+	 * them out if the write happens to fail.
+	 */
+	iomap->flags = IOMAP_F_NEW;
 	trace_xfs_iomap_alloc(ip, offset, count, 0, &got);
 done:
 	if (isnullstartblock(got.br_startblock))
@@ -1061,7 +1066,8 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	loff_t			offset,
 	loff_t			length,
-	ssize_t			written)
+	ssize_t			written,
+	struct iomap		*iomap)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	xfs_fileoff_t		start_fsb;
@@ -1080,14 +1086,14 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(
 	end_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, offset + length);
 
 	/*
-	 * Trim back delalloc blocks if we didn't manage to write the whole
-	 * range reserved.
+	 * Trim delalloc blocks if they were allocated by this write and we
+	 * didn't manage to write the whole range.
 	 *
 	 * We don't need to care about racing delalloc as we hold i_mutex
 	 * across the reserve/allocate/unreserve calls. If there are delalloc
 	 * blocks in the range, they are ours.
 	 */
-	if (start_fsb < end_fsb) {
+	if ((iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_NEW) && start_fsb < end_fsb) {
 		truncate_pagecache_range(VFS_I(ip), XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, start_fsb),
 					 XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, end_fsb) - 1);
 
@@ -1117,7 +1123,7 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end(
 {
 	if ((flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && iomap->type == IOMAP_DELALLOC)
 		return xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(XFS_I(inode), offset,
-				length, written);
+				length, written, iomap);
 	return 0;
 }