diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index fd51469..05222d5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2982,6 +2982,10 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 	newblock = split - ee_block + ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
 
 	BUG_ON(split < ee_block || split >= (ee_block + ee_len));
+	BUG_ON(!ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex) &&
+	       split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT |
+			     EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1 |
+			     EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2));
 
 	err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth);
 	if (err)
@@ -3091,18 +3095,24 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
-
+	/*
+	 * Update path is required because previous ext4_split_extent_at() may
+	 * result in split of original leaf or extent zeroout.
+	 */
 	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
 	path = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, path);
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
+	depth = ext_depth(inode);
+	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+	uninitialized = ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex);
+	split_flag1 = 0;
 
 	if (map->m_lblk >= ee_block) {
-		split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT;
-		if (uninitialized)
-			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1;
-		if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2)
-			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
+		if (uninitialized) {
+			split_flag1 = EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1;
+			split_flag1 |= split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT | EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2);
+		}
 		err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
 				map->m_lblk, split_flag1, flags);
 		if (err)