diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 40ad22fb808b..0ef19f1469ec 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -3563,12 +3563,12 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc_at_eof(
 	int			error;
 
 	/*
-	 * If there are already extents in the file, try an exact EOF block
-	 * allocation to extend the file as a contiguous extent. If that fails,
-	 * or it's the first allocation in a file, just try for a stripe aligned
-	 * allocation.
+	 * If there are already extents in the file, and xfs_bmap_adjacent() has
+	 * given a better blkno, try an exact EOF block allocation to extend the
+	 * file as a contiguous extent. If that fails, or it's the first
+	 * allocation in a file, just try for a stripe aligned allocation.
 	 */
-	if (ap->offset) {
+	if (ap->eof) {
 		xfs_extlen_t	nextminlen = 0;
 
 		/*
@@ -3736,7 +3736,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc_best_length(
 	int			error;
 
 	ap->blkno = XFS_INO_TO_FSB(args->mp, ap->ip->i_ino);
-	xfs_bmap_adjacent(ap);
+	if (!xfs_bmap_adjacent(ap))
+		ap->eof = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * Search for an allocation group with a single extent large enough for