diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 639613fe20aa9c5b39b4c981fd28a4958000f52c..db4be39a8db7b519287d19f2b592ab500e7ce849 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1516,8 +1516,12 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super_block *sb, char *opt, int token,
 		return -1;
 	if (args->from && (m->flags & MOPT_GTE0) && (arg < 0))
 		return -1;
-	if (m->flags & MOPT_EXPLICIT)
-		set_opt2(sb, EXPLICIT_DELALLOC);
+	if (m->flags & MOPT_EXPLICIT) {
+		if (m->mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC) {
+			set_opt2(sb, EXPLICIT_DELALLOC);
+		} else
+			return -1;
+	}
 	if (m->flags & MOPT_CLEAR_ERR)
 		clear_opt(sb, ERRORS_MASK);
 	if (token == Opt_noquota && sb_any_quota_loaded(sb)) {