diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst
index 9443fcef18760..f37d0743fd668 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ Files in /sys/fs/ext4/<devname>:
         multiple of this tuning parameter if the stripe size is not set in the
         ext4 superblock
 
+  mb_max_inode_prealloc
+        The maximum length of per-inode ext4_prealloc_space list.
+
   mb_max_to_scan
         The maximum number of extents the multiblock allocator will search to
         find the best extent.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index eec5c03534d05..ff46defc65683 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
 	struct timespec64 i_crtime;
 
 	/* mballoc */
+	atomic_t i_prealloc_active;
 	struct list_head i_prealloc_list;
 	spinlock_t i_prealloc_lock;
 
@@ -1501,6 +1502,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	unsigned int s_mb_stats;
 	unsigned int s_mb_order2_reqs;
 	unsigned int s_mb_group_prealloc;
+	unsigned int s_mb_max_inode_prealloc;
 	unsigned int s_max_dir_size_kb;
 	/* where last allocation was done - for stream allocation */
 	unsigned long s_mb_last_group;
@@ -2654,7 +2656,7 @@ extern int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *);
 extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *,
 				struct ext4_allocation_request *, int *);
 extern int ext4_mb_reserve_blocks(struct super_block *, int);
-extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *, unsigned int);
 extern int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void);
 extern void ext4_exit_mballoc(void);
 extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index d75054570e44c..11a321dd11e7e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_trunc_restart_fn(struct inode *inode, int *dropped)
 	 * i_mutex. So we can safely drop the i_data_sem here.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	*dropped = 1;
 	return 0;
@@ -4268,7 +4268,7 @@ got_allocated_blocks:
 			 * not a good idea to call discard here directly,
 			 * but otherwise we'd need to call it every free().
 			 */
-			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 			if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
 				fb_flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, newblock,
@@ -5295,7 +5295,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	}
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 	ret = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, punch_start,
 				    EXT_MAX_BLOCKS - punch_start);
@@ -5309,7 +5309,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 	ret = ext4_ext_shift_extents(inode, handle, punch_stop,
 				     punch_stop - punch_start, SHIFT_LEFT);
@@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		goto out_stop;
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, offset_lblk, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 8f742b53f1d40..4ee9a4dc01a88 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int ext4_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		        !EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks)
 	{
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	}
 	if (is_dx(inode) && filp->private_data)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 4026418257121..e8ca405673923 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static int ext4_ind_trunc_restart_fn(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * i_mutex. So we can safely drop the i_data_sem here.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	*dropped = 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 92573f8540ab7..9c0629ffb4261 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if ((ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) &&
 	    !inode_is_open_for_write(inode))
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 }
 
 static int __check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *func,
@@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	if (stop_block > first_block) {
 
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 		ret = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block,
 					    stop_block - first_block);
@@ -4210,7 +4210,7 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
 		err = ext4_ext_truncate(handle, inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 999cf6add39c6..a5fcc238c6693 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static long swap_inode_boot_loader(struct super_block *sb,
 	reset_inode_seed(inode);
 	reset_inode_seed(inode_bl);
 
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index ba5371b35b09e..e88eff999bd15 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2755,6 +2755,7 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb)
 	sbi->s_mb_stats = MB_DEFAULT_STATS;
 	sbi->s_mb_stream_request = MB_DEFAULT_STREAM_THRESHOLD;
 	sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs = MB_DEFAULT_ORDER2_REQS;
+	sbi->s_mb_max_inode_prealloc = MB_DEFAULT_MAX_INODE_PREALLOC;
 	/*
 	 * The default group preallocation is 512, which for 4k block
 	 * sizes translates to 2 megabytes.  However for bigalloc file
@@ -3693,6 +3694,26 @@ void ext4_mb_generate_from_pa(struct super_block *sb, void *bitmap,
 	mb_debug(sb, "preallocated %d for group %u\n", preallocated, group);
 }
 
+static void ext4_mb_mark_pa_deleted(struct super_block *sb,
+				    struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa)
+{
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
+
+	if (pa->pa_deleted) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "deleted pa, type:%d, pblk:%llu, lblk:%u, len:%d\n",
+			     pa->pa_type, pa->pa_pstart, pa->pa_lstart,
+			     pa->pa_len);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pa->pa_deleted = 1;
+
+	if (pa->pa_type == MB_INODE_PA) {
+		ei = EXT4_I(pa->pa_inode);
+		atomic_dec(&ei->i_prealloc_active);
+	}
+}
+
 static void ext4_mb_pa_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa;
@@ -3725,7 +3746,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_put_pa(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	pa->pa_deleted = 1;
+	ext4_mb_mark_pa_deleted(sb, pa);
 	spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
 
 	grp_blk = pa->pa_pstart;
@@ -3849,6 +3870,7 @@ ext4_mb_new_inode_pa(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	spin_lock(pa->pa_obj_lock);
 	list_add_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list, &ei->i_prealloc_list);
 	spin_unlock(pa->pa_obj_lock);
+	atomic_inc(&ei->i_prealloc_active);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4059,7 +4081,7 @@ repeat:
 		}
 
 		/* seems this one can be freed ... */
-		pa->pa_deleted = 1;
+		ext4_mb_mark_pa_deleted(sb, pa);
 
 		/* we can trust pa_free ... */
 		free += pa->pa_free;
@@ -4122,7 +4144,7 @@ out_dbg:
  *
  * FIXME!! Make sure it is valid at all the call sites
  */
-void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode, unsigned int needed)
 {
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -4140,15 +4162,19 @@ void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode)
 
 	mb_debug(sb, "discard preallocation for inode %lu\n",
 		 inode->i_ino);
-	trace_ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	trace_ext4_discard_preallocations(inode,
+			atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active), needed);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&list);
 
+	if (needed == 0)
+		needed = UINT_MAX;
+
 repeat:
 	/* first, collect all pa's in the inode */
 	spin_lock(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&ei->i_prealloc_list)) {
-		pa = list_entry(ei->i_prealloc_list.next,
+	while (!list_empty(&ei->i_prealloc_list) && needed) {
+		pa = list_entry(ei->i_prealloc_list.prev,
 				struct ext4_prealloc_space, pa_inode_list);
 		BUG_ON(pa->pa_obj_lock != &ei->i_prealloc_lock);
 		spin_lock(&pa->pa_lock);
@@ -4165,10 +4191,11 @@ repeat:
 
 		}
 		if (pa->pa_deleted == 0) {
-			pa->pa_deleted = 1;
+			ext4_mb_mark_pa_deleted(sb, pa);
 			spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
 			list_del_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list);
 			list_add(&pa->u.pa_tmp_list, &list);
+			needed--;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -4469,7 +4496,7 @@ ext4_mb_discard_lg_preallocations(struct super_block *sb,
 		BUG_ON(pa->pa_type != MB_GROUP_PA);
 
 		/* seems this one can be freed ... */
-		pa->pa_deleted = 1;
+		ext4_mb_mark_pa_deleted(sb, pa);
 		spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
 
 		list_del_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list);
@@ -4567,11 +4594,30 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	return ;
 }
 
+/*
+ * if per-inode prealloc list is too long, trim some PA
+ */
+static void ext4_mb_trim_inode_pa(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
+	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int count, delta;
+
+	count = atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active);
+	delta = (sbi->s_mb_max_inode_prealloc >> 2) + 1;
+	if (count > sbi->s_mb_max_inode_prealloc + delta) {
+		count -= sbi->s_mb_max_inode_prealloc;
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, count);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * release all resource we used in allocation
  */
 static int ext4_mb_release_context(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = ac->ac_inode;
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(ac->ac_sb);
 	struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa = ac->ac_pa;
 	if (pa) {
@@ -4598,6 +4644,17 @@ static int ext4_mb_release_context(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 			spin_unlock(pa->pa_obj_lock);
 			ext4_mb_add_n_trim(ac);
 		}
+
+		if (pa->pa_type == MB_INODE_PA) {
+			/*
+			 * treat per-inode prealloc list as a lru list, then try
+			 * to trim the least recently used PA.
+			 */
+			spin_lock(pa->pa_obj_lock);
+			list_move(&pa->pa_inode_list, &ei->i_prealloc_list);
+			spin_unlock(pa->pa_obj_lock);
+		}
+
 		ext4_mb_put_pa(ac, ac->ac_sb, pa);
 	}
 	if (ac->ac_bitmap_page)
@@ -4607,6 +4664,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_release_context(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	if (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_GROUP_ALLOC)
 		mutex_unlock(&ac->ac_lg->lg_mutex);
 	ext4_mb_collect_stats(ac);
+	ext4_mb_trim_inode_pa(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
index 6b4d17c2935d6..e75b4749aa1c2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
  */
 #define MB_DEFAULT_GROUP_PREALLOC	512
 
+/*
+ * maximum length of inode prealloc list
+ */
+#define MB_DEFAULT_MAX_INODE_PREALLOC	512
 
 struct ext4_free_data {
 	/* this links the free block information from sb_info */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 1ed86fb6c3026..0d601b8228753 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp, __u64 orig_blk,
 
 out:
 	if (*moved_len) {
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(orig_inode);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(orig_inode, 0);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode, 0);
 	}
 
 	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f3614299ffd09..0b38bf29c07e0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	inode_set_iversion(&ei->vfs_inode, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_raw_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
+	atomic_set(&ei->i_prealloc_active, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
 	ext4_es_init_tree(&ei->i_es_tree);
 	rwlock_init(&ei->i_es_lock);
@@ -1216,7 +1217,7 @@ void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 	ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, 0, EXT_MAX_BLOCKS);
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->jinode) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index 6c9fc9e21c138..92f04e9e94413 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_min_to_scan, s_mb_min_to_scan);
 EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_order2_req, s_mb_order2_reqs);
 EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_stream_req, s_mb_stream_request);
 EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_group_prealloc, s_mb_group_prealloc);
+EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_max_inode_prealloc, s_mb_max_inode_prealloc);
 EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(extent_max_zeroout_kb, s_extent_max_zeroout_kb);
 EXT4_ATTR(trigger_fs_error, 0200, trigger_test_error);
 EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(err_ratelimit_interval_ms, s_err_ratelimit_state.interval);
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ static struct attribute *ext4_attrs[] = {
 	ATTR_LIST(mb_order2_req),
 	ATTR_LIST(mb_stream_req),
 	ATTR_LIST(mb_group_prealloc),
+	ATTR_LIST(mb_max_inode_prealloc),
 	ATTR_LIST(max_writeback_mb_bump),
 	ATTR_LIST(extent_max_zeroout_kb),
 	ATTR_LIST(trigger_fs_error),
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index cc41d692ae8ed..628db6a07fda0 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -746,24 +746,29 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_mb_release_group_pa,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_discard_preallocations,
-	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode),
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, unsigned int len, unsigned int needed),
 
-	TP_ARGS(inode),
+	TP_ARGS(inode, len, needed),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
-		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
-		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
+		__field(	dev_t,		dev		)
+		__field(	ino_t,		ino		)
+		__field(	unsigned int,	len		)
+		__field(	unsigned int,	needed		)
 
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->dev	= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		__entry->ino	= inode->i_ino;
+		__entry->len	= len;
+		__entry->needed	= needed;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu",
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu len: %u needed %u",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino)
+		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->len,
+		  __entry->needed)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_mb_discard_preallocations,
