diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 0d44b77..b5d7fb9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,12 @@
 	ocfs2_figure_cluster_boundaries(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), cpos,
 					&cluster_start, &cluster_end);
 
+	/* treat the write as new if the a hole/lseek spanned across
+	 * the page boundary.
+	 */
+	new = new | ((i_size_read(inode) <= page_offset(page)) &&
+			(page_offset(page) <= user_pos));
+
 	if (page == wc->w_target_page) {
 		map_from = user_pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
 		map_to = map_from + user_len;