diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 07bca11749d4..c941251ac0c0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4722,6 +4722,7 @@ retry:
 						    EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS);
 		}
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
 		ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		if (ret2)
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index b4267d72f249..b32cf263750d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 		struct posix_acl *p = get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
 
+		if (IS_ERR(p))
+			return ERR_CAST(p);
 		if (p) {
 			int acl_size = p->a_count * sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7df2c5644e59..534a9130f625 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ static int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks,
  */
 int ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
+		int ea_blocks = EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl ?
+				EXT4_CLUSTER_SIZE(inode->i_sb) >> 9 : 0;
+
+		if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+			return 0;
+
+		return (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_blocks - ea_blocks == 0);
+	}
 	return S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size &&
 	       (inode->i_size < EXT4_N_BLOCKS * 4);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 798b3ac680db..e750d68fbcb5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,10 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 			       "falling back\n"));
 	}
 	nblocks = dir->i_size >> EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
+	if (!nblocks) {
+		ret = NULL;
+		goto cleanup_and_exit;
+	}
 	start = EXT4_I(dir)->i_dir_start_lookup;
 	if (start >= nblocks)
 		start = 0;