diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index f96c8ffce5f4a6b91beec091a8979ec897b6b5e8..ac677d032e3a95be827cda69d2694fe5e39637f8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin(
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
+		iomap->flags = IOMAP_F_NEW;
 		trace_xfs_iomap_alloc(ip, offset, length, 0, &imap);
 	} else {
 		ASSERT(nimaps);
diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h
index 3d70ece1031377c41933712782268eaabaee7fe5..14d7067f8b0628cc8c05d73d44637cf3c5a1f881 100644
--- a/include/linux/iomap.h
+++ b/include/linux/iomap.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct vm_fault;
  * Flags for iomap mappings:
  */
 #define IOMAP_F_MERGED	0x01	/* contains multiple blocks/extents */
+#define IOMAP_F_NEW	0x02	/* blocks have been newly allocated */
 
 /*
  * Magic value for blkno: