diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 442bf422aa014..b0b06eb86edfb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -3516,11 +3516,6 @@ static int smb3_simple_fallocate_range(unsigned int xid,
 			(char **)&out_data, &out_data_len);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
-	/*
-	 * It is already all allocated
-	 */
-	if (out_data_len == 0)
-		goto out;
 
 	buf = kzalloc(1024 * 1024, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buf == NULL) {
@@ -3643,6 +3638,24 @@ static long smb3_simple_falloc(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (keep_size == true) {
+		/*
+		 * We can not preallocate pages beyond the end of the file
+		 * in SMB2
+		 */
+		if (off >= i_size_read(inode)) {
+			rc = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * For fallocates that are partially beyond the end of file,
+		 * clamp len so we only fallocate up to the end of file.
+		 */
+		if (off + len > i_size_read(inode)) {
+			len = i_size_read(inode) - off;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if ((keep_size == true) || (i_size_read(inode) >= off + len)) {
 		/*
 		 * At this point, we are trying to fallocate an internal