diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
index 8d89838e23f80..917e289ad9623 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ struct xfs_ifork {
 #define XFS_IEXT_ATTR_MANIP_CNT(rmt_blks) \
 	(XFS_DA_NODE_MAXDEPTH + max(1, rmt_blks))
 
+/*
+ * A write to a sub-interval of an existing unwritten extent causes the original
+ * extent to be split into 3 extents
+ * i.e. | Unwritten | Real | Unwritten |
+ * Hence extent count can increase by 2.
+ */
+#define XFS_IEXT_WRITE_UNWRITTEN_CNT	(2)
+
+
 /*
  * Fork handling.
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 32246d90b9cb6..8f4b27cded200 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
 		if (error)
 			goto error_on_bmapi_transaction;
 
+		error = xfs_iext_count_may_overflow(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK,
+				XFS_IEXT_WRITE_UNWRITTEN_CNT);
+		if (error)
+			goto error_on_bmapi_transaction;
+
 		/*
 		 * Modify the unwritten extent state of the buffer.
 		 */