diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9c064727ed62..3d58b2b477e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -767,6 +767,9 @@ static int _ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		ext4_update_bh_state(bh, map.m_flags);
 		bh->b_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize * map.m_len;
 		ret = 0;
+	} else if (ret == 0) {
+		/* hole case, need to fill in bh->b_size */
+		bh->b_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize * map.m_len;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }