diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c4a6786dca12..2c1e0c078b57 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 83e32d9044a4510fffdf65c2691a25c0ba84e259
+refs/heads/master: b80474b432913f73cce8db001e9fa3104f9b79ee
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 33e03c551127..72e76062a900 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(int rw,
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Fallback to buffered I/O if we are appending. */
+	if (i_size_read(inode) <= offset)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode,
 					    inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov, offset,
 					    nr_segs,