diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 073b7c873bb2..325abba6482c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3453,6 +3453,63 @@ static void ext4_set_iomap(struct inode *inode, struct iomap *iomap,
 	}
 }
 
+static int ext4_iomap_alloc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map,
+			    unsigned int flags)
+{
+	handle_t *handle;
+	u8 blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
+	int ret, dio_credits, retries = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Trim the mapping request to the maximum value that we can map at
+	 * once for direct I/O.
+	 */
+	if (map->m_len > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
+		map->m_len = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
+	dio_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, map->m_len);
+
+retry:
+	/*
+	 * Either we allocate blocks and then don't get an unwritten extent, so
+	 * in that case we have reserved enough credits. Or, the blocks are
+	 * already allocated and unwritten. In that case, the extent conversion
+	 * fits into the credits as well.
+	 */
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS, dio_credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle))
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+
+	ret = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, map, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_ZERO);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto journal_stop;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we've allocated blocks beyond EOF, we need to ensure that they're
+	 * truncated if we crash before updating the inode size metadata within
+	 * ext4_iomap_end(). For faults, we don't need to do that (and cannot
+	 * due to orphan list operations needing an inode_lock()). If we happen
+	 * to instantiate blocks beyond EOF, it is because we race with a
+	 * truncate operation, which already has added the inode onto the
+	 * orphan list.
+	 */
+	if (!(flags & IOMAP_FAULT) && map->m_lblk + map->m_len >
+	    (i_size_read(inode) + (1 << blkbits) - 1) >> blkbits) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+		if (err < 0)
+			ret = err;
+	}
+
+journal_stop:
+	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+		goto retry;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
 		unsigned flags, struct iomap *iomap, struct iomap *srcmap)
 {
@@ -3513,62 +3570,14 @@ static int ext4_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (flags & IOMAP_WRITE) {
-		int dio_credits;
-		handle_t *handle;
-		int retries = 0;
-
-		/* Trim mapping request to maximum we can map at once for DIO */
-		if (map.m_len > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
-			map.m_len = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
-		dio_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, map.m_len);
-retry:
-		/*
-		 * Either we allocate blocks and then we don't get unwritten
-		 * extent so we have reserved enough credits, or the blocks
-		 * are already allocated and unwritten and in that case
-		 * extent conversion fits in the credits as well.
-		 */
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
-					    dio_credits);
-		if (IS_ERR(handle))
-			return PTR_ERR(handle);
-
-		ret = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map,
-				      EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_ZERO);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-			if (ret == -ENOSPC &&
-			    ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
-				goto retry;
-			return ret;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * If we added blocks beyond i_size, we need to make sure they
-		 * will get truncated if we crash before updating i_size in
-		 * ext4_iomap_end(). For faults we don't need to do that (and
-		 * even cannot because for orphan list operations inode_lock is
-		 * required) - if we happen to instantiate block beyond i_size,
-		 * it is because we race with truncate which has already added
-		 * the inode to the orphan list.
-		 */
-		if (!(flags & IOMAP_FAULT) && first_block + map.m_len >
-		    (i_size_read(inode) + (1 << blkbits) - 1) >> blkbits) {
-			int err;
-
-			err = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-				return err;
-			}
-		}
-		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+		ret = ext4_iomap_alloc(inode, &map, flags);
 	} else {
 		ret = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	ext4_set_iomap(inode, iomap, &map, offset, length);
 	if (delalloc && iomap->type == IOMAP_HOLE)
 		iomap->type = IOMAP_DELALLOC;
