diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 79e7a270f72e..d98b9e5c4c5a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 67bb103725e4cde322cb4ddb160a12933c5c7072
+refs/heads/master: 8dcdebafb848415eae25924b00c4f0b9ec907da0
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/trunk/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index ed8d00150931..b1766642baf8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/trunk/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ ToDo/Notes:
 	  updating the times in the inode in ntfs_setattr().
 	- Fixup handling of sparse, compressed, and encrypted attributes in
 	  fs/ntfs/inode.c::ntfs_read_locked_{,attr_,index_}inode().
+	- Make ntfs_write_block() not instantiate sparse blocks if they contain
+	  only zeroes.
 
 2.1.23 - Implement extension of resident files and make writing safe as well as
 	 many bug fixes, cleanups, and enhancements...
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ntfs/aops.c b/trunk/fs/ntfs/aops.c
index 78adad7a988d..f3ad36d8b8c9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ntfs/aops.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ntfs/aops.c
@@ -670,6 +670,27 @@ static int ntfs_write_block(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		}
 		/* It is a hole, need to instantiate it. */
 		if (lcn == LCN_HOLE) {
+			u8 *kaddr;
+			unsigned long *bpos, *bend;
+
+			/* Check if the buffer is zero. */
+			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+			bpos = (unsigned long *)(kaddr + bh_offset(bh));
+			bend = (unsigned long *)((u8*)bpos + blocksize);
+			do {
+				if (unlikely(*bpos))
+					break;
+			} while (likely(++bpos < bend));
+			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+			if (bpos == bend) {
+				/*
+				 * Buffer is zero and sparse, no need to write
+				 * it.
+				 */
+				bh->b_blocknr = -1;
+				clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+				continue;
+			}
 			// TODO: Instantiate the hole.
 			// clear_buffer_new(bh);
 			// unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);