diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 52d155b4e733..d8b7e97dd450 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 		break;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Make sure inline data cannot be created anymore since we are going
+	 * to allocate blocks for DIO. We know the inode does not have any
+	 * inline data now because ext4_dio_supported() checked for that.
+	 */
+	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
 
 	if (offset < 0)
 		return offset;