XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map[i].br_blockcount);
                        out[cur_ext].bmv_unused1 = 0;
                        out[cur_ext].bmv_unused2 = 0;
-                       ASSERT(((iflags & BMV_IF_DELALLOC) != 0) ||
-                             (map[i].br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK));
+
+                       /*
+                        * delayed allocation extents that start beyond EOF can
+                        * occur due to speculative EOF allocation when the
+                        * delalloc extent is larger than the largest freespace
+                        * extent at conversion time. These extents cannot be
+                        * converted by data writeback, so can exist here even
+                        * if we are not supposed to be finding delalloc
+                        * extents.
+                        */
+                       if (map[i].br_startblock == DELAYSTARTBLOCK &&
+                           map[i].br_startoff <= XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, XFS_ISIZE(ip)))
+                               ASSERT((iflags & BMV_IF_DELALLOC) != 0);
+
                         if (map[i].br_startblock == HOLESTARTBLOCK &&
                            whichfork == XFS_ATTR_FORK) {
                                /* came to the end of attribute fork */