diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index 9b5b8951afb44..6f7de14c0fa86 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -878,23 +878,29 @@ void ext4_es_insert_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	err1 = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, NULL, es1);
 	if (err1 != 0)
 		goto error;
+	/* Free preallocated extent if it didn't get used. */
+	if (es1) {
+		if (!es1->es_len)
+			__es_free_extent(es1);
+		es1 = NULL;
+	}
 
 	err2 = __es_insert_extent(inode, &newes, es2);
 	if (err2 == -ENOMEM && !ext4_es_must_keep(&newes))
 		err2 = 0;
 	if (err2 != 0)
 		goto error;
+	/* Free preallocated extent if it didn't get used. */
+	if (es2) {
+		if (!es2->es_len)
+			__es_free_extent(es2);
+		es2 = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (sbi->s_cluster_ratio > 1 && test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC) &&
 	    (status & EXTENT_STATUS_WRITTEN ||
 	     status & EXTENT_STATUS_UNWRITTEN))
 		__revise_pending(inode, lblk, len);
-
-	/* es is pre-allocated but not used, free it. */
-	if (es1 && !es1->es_len)
-		__es_free_extent(es1);
-	if (es2 && !es2->es_len)
-		__es_free_extent(es2);
 error:
 	write_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 	if (err1 || err2)
@@ -1491,8 +1497,12 @@ void ext4_es_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	 */
 	write_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 	err = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, end, &reserved, es);
-	if (es && !es->es_len)
-		__es_free_extent(es);
+	/* Free preallocated extent if it didn't get used. */
+	if (es) {
+		if (!es->es_len)
+			__es_free_extent(es);
+		es = NULL;
+	}
 	write_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 	if (err)
 		goto retry;
@@ -2047,19 +2057,25 @@ void ext4_es_insert_delayed_block(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk,
 	err1 = __es_remove_extent(inode, lblk, lblk, NULL, es1);
 	if (err1 != 0)
 		goto error;
+	/* Free preallocated extent if it didn't get used. */
+	if (es1) {
+		if (!es1->es_len)
+			__es_free_extent(es1);
+		es1 = NULL;
+	}
 
 	err2 = __es_insert_extent(inode, &newes, es2);
 	if (err2 != 0)
 		goto error;
+	/* Free preallocated extent if it didn't get used. */
+	if (es2) {
+		if (!es2->es_len)
+			__es_free_extent(es2);
+		es2 = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (allocated)
 		__insert_pending(inode, lblk);
-
-	/* es is pre-allocated but not used, free it. */
-	if (es1 && !es1->es_len)
-		__es_free_extent(es1);
-	if (es2 && !es2->es_len)
-		__es_free_extent(es2);
 error:
 	write_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_es_lock);
 	if (err1 || err2)