diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 33e03c551127..72e76062a900 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(int rw,
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Fallback to buffered I/O if we are appending. */
+	if (i_size_read(inode) <= offset)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode,
 					    inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov, offset,
 					    nr_segs,