diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index ce607915a483..3e32ad18e6c2 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -3610,12 +3610,25 @@ static int smb3_simple_fallocate_range(unsigned int xid,
 				       loff_t off, loff_t len)
 {
 	struct file_allocated_range_buffer in_data, *out_data = NULL, *tmp_data;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(cfile->dentry);
 	u32 out_data_len;
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	u64 range_start, range_len, range_end;
 	loff_t l;
 	int rc;
 
+	buf = kvzalloc(min_t(loff_t, len, SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (off >= i_size_read(inode)) {
+		rc = smb3_simple_fallocate_write_range(xid, tcon, cfile,
+						       off, len, buf);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	in_data.file_offset = cpu_to_le64(off);
 	in_data.length = cpu_to_le64(len);
 	rc = SMB2_ioctl(xid, tcon, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
@@ -3627,12 +3640,6 @@ static int smb3_simple_fallocate_range(unsigned int xid,
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
-	buf = kvzalloc(min_t(loff_t, len, SMB2_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (buf == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	tmp_data = out_data;
 	while (len) {
 		/*
@@ -3707,18 +3714,22 @@ static long smb3_simple_falloc(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = file->private_data;
 	long rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	unsigned int xid;
-	loff_t new_eof;
+	loff_t old_eof, new_eof;
+	struct smb2_file_all_info file_inf;
+	u64 asize;
+	int qrc;
 
 	xid = get_xid();
 
 	inode = d_inode(cfile->dentry);
 	cifsi = CIFS_I(inode);
+	old_eof = i_size_read(inode);
 
 	trace_smb3_falloc_enter(xid, cfile->fid.persistent_fid, tcon->tid,
 				tcon->ses->Suid, off, len);
 	/* if file not oplocked can't be sure whether asking to extend size */
 	if (!CIFS_CACHE_READ(cifsi))
-		if (keep_size == false) {
+		if (!keep_size) {
 			trace_smb3_falloc_err(xid, cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
 				tcon->tid, tcon->ses->Suid, off, len, rc);
 			free_xid(xid);
@@ -3728,11 +3739,51 @@ static long smb3_simple_falloc(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	/*
 	 * Extending the file
 	 */
-	if ((keep_size == false) && i_size_read(inode) < off + len) {
+	if (!keep_size && old_eof < off + len) {
 		rc = inode_newsize_ok(inode, off + len);
 		if (rc)
 			goto out;
 
+		/*
+		 * A small range at or beyond EOF can be allocated by writing
+		 * zeroes.  For off > old_eof, this preserves the intervening
+		 * hole instead of allocating from offset 0.
+		 */
+		if (off > old_eof ||
+		    (off == old_eof && old_eof != 0 &&
+		     (cifsi->cifsAttrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE))) {
+			if (len > 1024 * 1024) {
+				rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			rc = smb3_simple_fallocate_range(xid, tcon, cfile,
+							 off, len);
+			if (rc) {
+				spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+				cifsi->time = 0;
+				spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			new_eof = off + len;
+			netfs_resize_file(&cifsi->netfs, new_eof, true);
+			cifs_setsize(inode, new_eof);
+
+			qrc = SMB2_query_info(xid, tcon,
+					      cfile->fid.persistent_fid,
+					      cfile->fid.volatile_fid, &file_inf);
+			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+			if (qrc == 0) {
+				asize = le64_to_cpu(file_inf.AllocationSize);
+				inode->i_blocks = CIFS_INO_BLOCKS(asize);
+			} else {
+				cifsi->time = 0;
+			}
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (cifsi->cifsAttrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE)
 			smb2_set_sparse(xid, tcon, cfile, inode, false);