diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index 7eb3b0a6347ef74990589ac47f5b4823441c8135..3f1685d7d43bf37a26161bfaeaaeefef3831820b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "ocfs2_ioctl.h"
 
 #include "alloc.h"
+#include "localalloc.h"
 #include "aops.h"
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "extent_map.h"
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree = NULL;
 	u32 new_phys_cpos, new_len;
 	u64 phys_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, phys_cpos);
+	int need_free = 0;
 
 	if ((ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED) && *len) {
 		BUG_ON(!ocfs2_is_refcount_inode(inode));
@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 		if (!partial) {
 			context->range->me_flags &= ~OCFS2_MOVE_EXT_FL_COMPLETE;
 			ret = -ENOSPC;
+			need_free = 1;
 			goto out_commit;
 		}
 	}
@@ -332,6 +335,20 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 out_commit:
+	if (need_free && context->data_ac) {
+		struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = context->data_ac;
+
+		if (context->data_ac->ac_which == OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL)
+			ocfs2_free_local_alloc_bits(osb, handle, data_ac,
+					new_phys_cpos, new_len);
+		else
+			ocfs2_free_clusters(handle,
+					data_ac->ac_inode,
+					data_ac->ac_bh,
+					ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, new_phys_cpos),
+					new_len);
+	}
+
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
 out_unlock_mutex: