diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d4b634a..0ac31a0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,10 @@
 				  struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	sector_t invalid_block = ~((sector_t) 0xffff);
+
+	if (invalid_block < ext4_blocks_count(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es))
+		invalid_block = ~0;
 
 	BUG_ON(create == 0);
 	BUG_ON(bh_result->b_size != inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
@@ -2318,7 +2322,7 @@
 			/* not enough space to reserve */
 			return ret;
 
-		map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, 0);
+		map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, invalid_block);
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
 		set_buffer_delay(bh_result);
 	} else if (ret > 0) {