diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
index d440393b40eb..54de405cbab5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set_blk(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	ASSERT(nmap == 1);
 	ASSERT((map->br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK) &&
 	       (map->br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 48f0d0698ec4..97f575e21f86 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4128,8 +4128,10 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	} else {
 		error = xfs_bmap_alloc_userdata(bma);
 	}
-	if (error || bma->blkno == NULLFSBLOCK)
+	if (error)
 		return error;
+	if (bma->blkno == NULLFSBLOCK)
+		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	if (bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_ZERO) {
 		error = xfs_zero_extent(bma->ip, bma->blkno, bma->length);
@@ -4309,6 +4311,15 @@ xfs_bmapi_finish(
  * extent state if necessary.  Details behaviour is controlled by the flags
  * parameter.  Only allocates blocks from a single allocation group, to avoid
  * locking problems.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and places the extent mappings in mval.  nmaps is used
+ * as an input/output parameter where the caller specifies the maximum number
+ * of mappings that may be returned and xfs_bmapi_write passes back the number
+ * of mappings (including existing mappings) it found.
+ *
+ * Returns a negative error code on failure, including -ENOSPC when it could not
+ * allocate any blocks and -ENOSR when it did allocate blocks to convert a
+ * delalloc range, but those blocks were before the passed in range.
  */
 int
 xfs_bmapi_write(
@@ -4436,10 +4447,16 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 			ASSERT(len > 0);
 			ASSERT(bma.length > 0);
 			error = xfs_bmapi_allocate(&bma);
-			if (error)
+			if (error) {
+				/*
+				 * If we already allocated space in a previous
+				 * iteration return what we go so far when
+				 * running out of space.
+				 */
+				if (error == -ENOSPC && bma.nallocs)
+					break;
 				goto error0;
-			if (bma.blkno == NULLFSBLOCK)
-				break;
+			}
 
 			/*
 			 * If this is a CoW allocation, record the data in
@@ -4477,7 +4494,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 		if (!xfs_iext_next_extent(ifp, &bma.icur, &bma.got))
 			eof = true;
 	}
-	*nmap = n;
 
 	error = xfs_bmap_btree_to_extents(tp, ip, bma.cur, &bma.logflags,
 			whichfork);
@@ -4488,7 +4504,22 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 	       ifp->if_nextents > XFS_IFORK_MAXEXT(ip, whichfork));
 	xfs_bmapi_finish(&bma, whichfork, 0);
 	xfs_bmap_validate_ret(orig_bno, orig_len, orig_flags, orig_mval,
-		orig_nmap, *nmap);
+		orig_nmap, n);
+
+	/*
+	 * When converting delayed allocations, xfs_bmapi_allocate ignores
+	 * the passed in bno and always converts from the start of the found
+	 * delalloc extent.
+	 *
+	 * To avoid a successful return with *nmap set to 0, return the magic
+	 * -ENOSR error code for this particular case so that the caller can
+	 * handle it.
+	 */
+	if (!n) {
+		ASSERT(bma.nallocs >= *nmap);
+		return -ENOSR;
+	}
+	*nmap = n;
 	return 0;
 error0:
 	xfs_bmapi_finish(&bma, whichfork, error);
@@ -4595,9 +4626,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_convert_delalloc(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_finish;
 
-	error = -ENOSPC;
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bma.blkno == NULLFSBLOCK))
-		goto out_finish;
 	error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!xfs_valid_startblock(ip, bma.got.br_startblock)))
 		goto out_finish;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 282c7cf032f4..12e3cca804b7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -2158,8 +2158,8 @@ xfs_da_grow_inode_int(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
 	int			w = args->whichfork;
 	xfs_rfsblock_t		nblks = dp->i_nblocks;
-	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map, *mapp;
-	int			nmap, error, got, i, mapi;
+	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	map, *mapp = &map;
+	int			nmap, error, got, i, mapi = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Find a spot in the file space to put the new block.
@@ -2175,14 +2175,7 @@ xfs_da_grow_inode_int(
 	error = xfs_bmapi_write(tp, dp, *bno, count,
 			xfs_bmapi_aflag(w)|XFS_BMAPI_METADATA|XFS_BMAPI_CONTIG,
 			args->total, &map, &nmap);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	ASSERT(nmap <= 1);
-	if (nmap == 1) {
-		mapp = &map;
-		mapi = 1;
-	} else if (nmap == 0 && count > 1) {
+	if (error == -ENOSPC && count > 1) {
 		xfs_fileoff_t		b;
 		int			c;
 
@@ -2199,16 +2192,13 @@ xfs_da_grow_inode_int(
 					args->total, &mapp[mapi], &nmap);
 			if (error)
 				goto out_free_map;
-			if (nmap < 1)
-				break;
 			mapi += nmap;
 			b = mapp[mapi - 1].br_startoff +
 			    mapp[mapi - 1].br_blockcount;
 		}
-	} else {
-		mapi = 0;
-		mapp = NULL;
 	}
+	if (error)
+		goto out_free_map;
 
 	/*
 	 * Count the blocks we got, make sure it matches the total.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index ad4aba5002c1..4a7d1a1b67a3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -868,33 +868,32 @@ xfs_alloc_file_space(
 		if (error)
 			goto error;
 
-		error = xfs_bmapi_write(tp, ip, startoffset_fsb,
-				allocatesize_fsb, XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC, 0, imapp,
-				&nimaps);
-		if (error)
-			goto error;
-
-		ip->i_diflags |= XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC;
-		xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-
-		error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
-		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		if (error)
-			break;
-
 		/*
 		 * If the allocator cannot find a single free extent large
 		 * enough to cover the start block of the requested range,
-		 * xfs_bmapi_write will return 0 but leave *nimaps set to 0.
+		 * xfs_bmapi_write will return -ENOSR.
 		 *
 		 * In that case we simply need to keep looping with the same
 		 * startoffset_fsb so that one of the following allocations
 		 * will eventually reach the requested range.
 		 */
-		if (nimaps) {
+		error = xfs_bmapi_write(tp, ip, startoffset_fsb,
+				allocatesize_fsb, XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC, 0, imapp,
+				&nimaps);
+		if (error) {
+			if (error != -ENOSR)
+				goto error;
+			error = 0;
+		} else {
 			startoffset_fsb += imapp->br_blockcount;
 			allocatesize_fsb -= imapp->br_blockcount;
 		}
+
+		ip->i_diflags |= XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC;
+		xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
+
+		error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
+		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index a013b87ab8d5..9b67f05d92a1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ xfs_dquot_disk_alloc(
 		goto err_cancel;
 
 	ASSERT(map.br_blockcount == XFS_DQUOT_CLUSTER_SIZE_FSB);
-	ASSERT(nmaps == 1);
 	ASSERT((map.br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK) &&
 	       (map.br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 055cdec2e9ad..6e5ace7c9bc9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -317,14 +317,6 @@ xfs_iomap_write_direct(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	/*
-	 * Copy any maps to caller's array and return any error.
-	 */
-	if (nimaps == 0) {
-		error = -ENOSPC;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
 	if (unlikely(!xfs_valid_startblock(ip, imap->br_startblock)))
 		error = xfs_alert_fsblock_zero(ip, imap);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index e5b62dc28466..b8416762bb60 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -429,13 +429,6 @@ xfs_reflink_fill_cow_hole(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	/*
-	 * Allocation succeeded but the requested range was not even partially
-	 * satisfied?  Bail out!
-	 */
-	if (nimaps == 0)
-		return -ENOSPC;
-
 convert:
 	return xfs_reflink_convert_unwritten(ip, imap, cmap, convert_now);
 
@@ -498,13 +491,6 @@ xfs_reflink_fill_delalloc(
 		error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-
-		/*
-		 * Allocation succeeded but the requested range was not even
-		 * partially satisfied?  Bail out!
-		 */
-		if (nimaps == 0)
-			return -ENOSPC;
 	} while (cmap->br_startoff + cmap->br_blockcount <= imap->br_startoff);
 
 	return xfs_reflink_convert_unwritten(ip, imap, cmap, convert_now);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
index 4bec890d93d2..608db1ab88a4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtalloc.c
@@ -840,8 +840,6 @@ xfs_growfs_rt_alloc(
 		nmap = 1;
 		error = xfs_bmapi_write(tp, ip, oblocks, nblocks - oblocks,
 					XFS_BMAPI_METADATA, 0, &map, &nmap);
-		if (!error && nmap < 1)
-			error = -ENOSPC;
 		if (error)
 			goto out_trans_cancel;
 		/*
