diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ad25b85b9836..67f12db823cb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
 		memset(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data, 0, sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
 	inode->i_size = 0;
+	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		ext4_warning(inode->i_sb,