diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
index 6d02914b198b..2de925556d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
@@ -1732,6 +1732,27 @@ static int lov_fiemap(struct lov_obd *lov, __u32 keylen, void *key,
 	unsigned int buffer_size = FIEMAP_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
 	if (!lsm_has_objects(lsm)) {
+		if (lsm && lsm_is_released(lsm) && (fm_key->fiemap.fm_start <
+		    fm_key->oa.o_size)) {
+			/*
+			 * released file, return a minimal FIEMAP if
+			 * request fits in file-size.
+			 */
+			fiemap->fm_mapped_extents = 1;
+			fiemap->fm_extents[0].fe_logical =
+					fm_key->fiemap.fm_start;
+			if (fm_key->fiemap.fm_start + fm_key->fiemap.fm_length <
+			    fm_key->oa.o_size) {
+				fiemap->fm_extents[0].fe_length =
+					fm_key->fiemap.fm_length;
+			} else {
+				fiemap->fm_extents[0].fe_length =
+					fm_key->oa.o_size - fm_key->fiemap.fm_start;
+				fiemap->fm_extents[0].fe_flags |=
+						(FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN |
+						 FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST);
+			}
+		}
 		rc = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}