diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 534ffb856c4a..3d7c53db1977 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -5109,7 +5109,8 @@ xfs_bmap_del_extent_real(
 			if (error)
 				goto done;
 		} else {
-			if (bflags & XFS_BMAPI_NODISCARD) {
+			if ((bflags & XFS_BMAPI_NODISCARD) ||
+			    (del->br_state == XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN)) {
 				xfs_bmap_add_free_nodiscard(mp, dfops,
 					del->br_startblock, del->br_blockcount,
 					NULL);