diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7df2c5644e59..534a9130f625 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ static int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks,
  */
 int ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
+		int ea_blocks = EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl ?
+				EXT4_CLUSTER_SIZE(inode->i_sb) >> 9 : 0;
+
+		if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+			return 0;
+
+		return (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_blocks - ea_blocks == 0);
+	}
 	return S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size &&
 	       (inode->i_size < EXT4_N_BLOCKS * 4);
 }