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diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 986448d1ff3c..0d258c21b989 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1220,6 +1220,9 @@ xfs_file_release(
* one file after another without going back to it while keeping the
* preallocation for files that have recurring open/write/close cycles.
*
+ * This heuristic is skipped for inodes with the append-only flag as
+ * that flag is rather pointless for inodes written only once.
+ *
* There is no point in freeing blocks here for open but unlinked files
* as they will be taken care of by the inactivation path soon.
*
@@ -1234,6 +1237,7 @@ xfs_file_release(
*/
if (inode->i_nlink &&
(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
+ !(ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_APPEND) &&
!xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_EOFBLOCKS_RELEASED) &&
xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL)) {
if (xfs_can_free_eofblocks(ip) &&