diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 6d47379e794b..583e823307ae 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int gfs2_bmap_alloc(struct inode *inode, const sector_t lblock,
 				*ptr++ = cpu_to_be64(bn++);
 			break;
 		}
-	} while (state != ALLOC_DATA);
+	} while ((state != ALLOC_DATA) || !dblock);
 
 	ip->i_height = height;
 	gfs2_add_inode_blocks(&ip->i_inode, alloced);