diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index a9a77e79e96d..e30c8fbf4fc1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4053,7 +4053,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_load_tail_bh(struct inode *inode, loff_t from)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	folio = __filemap_get_folio(mapping, from >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-				    FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED | FGP_CREAT,
+				    FGP_WRITEBEGIN | FGP_ACCESSED,
 				    mapping_gfp_constraint(mapping, ~__GFP_FS));
 	if (IS_ERR(folio))
 		return ERR_CAST(folio);