diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 73c95466c225..2ae55db8c977 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4795,34 +4795,59 @@ xfs_bmap_split_indlen(
 	xfs_filblks_t			len2 = *indlen2;
 	xfs_filblks_t			nres = len1 + len2; /* new total res. */
 	xfs_filblks_t			stolen = 0;
+	xfs_filblks_t			resfactor;
 
 	/*
 	 * Steal as many blocks as we can to try and satisfy the worst case
 	 * indlen for both new extents.
 	 */
-	while (nres > ores && avail) {
-		nres--;
-		avail--;
-		stolen++;
-	}
+	if (ores < nres && avail)
+		stolen = XFS_FILBLKS_MIN(nres - ores, avail);
+	ores += stolen;
+
+	 /* nothing else to do if we've satisfied the new reservation */
+	if (ores >= nres)
+		return stolen;
 
 	/*
-	 * The only blocks available are those reserved for the original
-	 * extent and what we can steal from the extent being removed.
-	 * If this still isn't enough to satisfy the combined
-	 * requirements for the two new extents, skim blocks off of each
-	 * of the new reservations until they match what is available.
+	 * We can't meet the total required reservation for the two extents.
+	 * Calculate the percent of the overall shortage between both extents
+	 * and apply this percentage to each of the requested indlen values.
+	 * This distributes the shortage fairly and reduces the chances that one
+	 * of the two extents is left with nothing when extents are repeatedly
+	 * split.
 	 */
-	while (nres > ores) {
-		if (len1) {
-			len1--;
-			nres--;
+	resfactor = (ores * 100);
+	do_div(resfactor, nres);
+	len1 *= resfactor;
+	do_div(len1, 100);
+	len2 *= resfactor;
+	do_div(len2, 100);
+	ASSERT(len1 + len2 <= ores);
+	ASSERT(len1 < *indlen1 && len2 < *indlen2);
+
+	/*
+	 * Hand out the remainder to each extent. If one of the two reservations
+	 * is zero, we want to make sure that one gets a block first. The loop
+	 * below starts with len1, so hand len2 a block right off the bat if it
+	 * is zero.
+	 */
+	ores -= (len1 + len2);
+	ASSERT((*indlen1 - len1) + (*indlen2 - len2) >= ores);
+	if (ores && !len2 && *indlen2) {
+		len2++;
+		ores--;
+	}
+	while (ores) {
+		if (len1 < *indlen1) {
+			len1++;
+			ores--;
 		}
-		if (nres == ores)
+		if (!ores)
 			break;
-		if (len2) {
-			len2--;
-			nres--;
+		if (len2 < *indlen2) {
+			len2++;
+			ores--;
 		}
 	}