diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 2b1c58da8d1e..e567f0229d4e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4236,6 +4236,15 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 
 	trace_ext4_punch_hole(inode, offset, length, 0);
 
+	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
+		ret = ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
+		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Write out all dirty pages to avoid race conditions
 	 * Then release them.