diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a73322f1d095..8465807b3d7e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ab94c39b6fa076d4f6d2903dcc54cda35d938776
+refs/heads/master: 7eb4969e04060dcf3fbd46af9c21b1059b853068
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 44b53386ab8b..c0ff9d6ffde6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1785,8 +1785,9 @@ static ssize_t ext3_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 		handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 2);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			/* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
-			 * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
-			 * the write failed... */
+			 * but cannot extend i_size. Truncate allocated blocks
+			 * and pretend the write failed... */
+			ext3_truncate(inode);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto out;
 		}