diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 26af228..f1ce33a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 #define EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1	0x2  /* mark first half uninitialized */
 #define EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2	0x4  /* mark second half uninitialized */
 
-#define EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1	0x8  /* first half contains valid data */
-#define EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2	0x10 /* second half contains valid data */
-
 static __le32 ext4_extent_block_csum(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct ext4_extent_header *eh)
 {
@@ -1579,20 +1576,17 @@ int
 ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 				struct ext4_extent *ex2)
 {
-	unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len, max_len;
+	unsigned ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len;
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure that either both extents are uninitialized, or
-	 * both are _not_.
+	 * Make sure that both extents are initialized. We don't merge
+	 * uninitialized extents so that we can be sure that end_io code has
+	 * the extent that was written properly split out and conversion to
+	 * initialized is trivial.
 	 */
-	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1) ^ ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex2))
+	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1) || ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex2))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1))
-		max_len = EXT_UNINIT_MAX_LEN;
-	else
-		max_len = EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN;
-
 	ext1_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex1);
 	ext2_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex2);
 
@@ -1605,7 +1599,7 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 	 * as an RO_COMPAT feature, refuse to merge to extents if
 	 * this can result in the top bit of ee_len being set.
 	 */
-	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > max_len)
+	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_INIT_MAX_LEN)
 		return 0;
 #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST
 	if (ext1_ee_len >= 4)
@@ -2959,9 +2953,6 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 	unsigned int ee_len, depth;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON((split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1 | EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2)) ==
-	       (EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1 | EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2));
-
 	ext_debug("ext4_split_extents_at: inode %lu, logical"
 		"block %llu\n", inode->i_ino, (unsigned long long)split);
 
@@ -3020,14 +3011,7 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
 
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &newex, flags);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT & split_flag)) {
-		if (split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1|EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2)) {
-			if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1)
-				err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, ex2);
-			else
-				err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, ex);
-		} else
-			err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &orig_ex);
-
+		err = ext4_ext_zeroout(inode, &orig_ex);
 		if (err)
 			goto fix_extent_len;
 		/* update the extent length and mark as initialized */
@@ -3085,8 +3069,6 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 		if (uninitialized)
 			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1 |
 				       EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
-		if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2)
-			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1;
 		err = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
 				map->m_lblk + map->m_len, split_flag1, flags1);
 		if (err)
@@ -3099,8 +3081,7 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 
 	if (map->m_lblk >= ee_block) {
-		split_flag1 = split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT |
-					    EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2);
+		split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT;
 		if (uninitialized)
 			split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT1;
 		if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2)
@@ -3379,8 +3360,7 @@ static int ext4_split_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle,
 
 	split_flag |= ee_block + ee_len <= eof_block ? EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT : 0;
 	split_flag |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNINIT2;
-	if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT)
-		split_flag |= EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2;
+
 	flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO;
 	return ext4_split_extent(handle, inode, path, map, split_flag, flags);
 }
@@ -3405,20 +3385,15 @@ static int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle,
 		"block %llu, max_blocks %u\n", inode->i_ino,
 		  (unsigned long long)ee_block, ee_len);
 
-	/* If extent is larger than requested then split is required */
+	/* Extent is larger than requested? */
 	if (ee_block != map->m_lblk || ee_len > map->m_len) {
-		err = ext4_split_unwritten_extents(handle, inode, map, path,
-						   EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto out;
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		path = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, path);
-		if (IS_ERR(path)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(path);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		depth = ext_depth(inode);
-		ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "Written extent modified before IO"
+			" finished: extent logical block %llu, len %u; IO"
+			" logical block %llu, len %u\n",
+			(unsigned long long)ee_block, ee_len,
+			(unsigned long long)map->m_lblk, map->m_len);
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth);
