diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index ef8fcf7d0d3b..99fe72522960 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static inline int ext4_inode_journal_mode(struct inode *inode)
 		return EXT4_INODE_WRITEBACK_DATA_MODE;	/* writeback */
 	/* We do not support data journalling with delayed allocation */
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
+	    ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EA_INODE) ||
 	    test_opt(inode->i_sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA ||
 	    (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA) &&
 	    !test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC))) {