diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index eb7722ab771c..e6784b3276be 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 * enable delayed allocation by default
 	 * Use -o nodelalloc to turn it off
 	 */
-	if (!IS_EXT3_SB(sb) &&
+	if (!IS_EXT3_SB(sb) && !IS_EXT2_SB(sb) &&
 	    ((def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_NODELALLOC) == 0))
 		set_opt(sb, DELALLOC);