u64 hint_byte = 0;
                        hole_size = last_byte - cur_offset;
 
-                       trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 2);
+                       trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 3);
                        if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(trans);
                                break;
                                                 cur_offset + hole_size,
                                                 &hint_byte, 1);
                        if (err) {
+                               btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
                                btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
                                break;
                        }
                                        0, hole_size, 0, hole_size,
                                        0, 0, 0);
                        if (err) {
+                               btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
                                btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
                                break;
                        }
                        btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, hole_start,
                                        last_byte - 1, 0);
 
+                       btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
                        btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
                }
                free_extent_map(em);