diff --git a/fs/ext4/verity.c b/fs/ext4/verity.c
index d0d8a9795dd6..6a30e54c1128 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/verity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/verity.c
@@ -198,55 +198,76 @@ static int ext4_end_enable_verity(struct file *filp, const void *desc,
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	const int credits = 2; /* superblock and inode for ext4_orphan_del() */
 	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	int err = 0;
-	int err2;
-
-	if (desc != NULL) {
-		/* Succeeded; write the verity descriptor. */
-		err = ext4_write_verity_descriptor(inode, desc, desc_size,
-						   merkle_tree_size);
-
-		/* Write all pages before clearing VERITY_IN_PROGRESS. */
-		if (!err)
-			err = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-	}
-
-	/* If we failed, truncate anything we wrote past i_size. */
-	if (desc == NULL || err)
-		ext4_truncate(inode);
 
 	/*
-	 * We must always clean up by clearing EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS and
-	 * deleting the inode from the orphan list, even if something failed.
-	 * If everything succeeded, we'll also set the verity bit in the same
-	 * transaction.
+	 * If an error already occurred (which fs/verity/ signals by passing
+	 * desc == NULL), then only clean-up is needed.
 	 */
+	if (desc == NULL)
+		goto cleanup;
 
-	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS);
+	/* Append the verity descriptor. */
+	err = ext4_write_verity_descriptor(inode, desc, desc_size,
+					   merkle_tree_size);
+	if (err)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	/*
+	 * Write all pages (both data and verity metadata).  Note that this must
+	 * happen before clearing EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS; otherwise pages
+	 * beyond i_size won't be written properly.  For crash consistency, this
+	 * also must happen before the verity inode flag gets persisted.
+	 */
+	err = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (err)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	/*
+	 * Finally, set the verity inode flag and remove the inode from the
+	 * orphan list (in a single transaction).
+	 */
 
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
-		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	err2 = ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
-	if (err2)
-		goto out_stop;
+	err = ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
+	if (err)
+		goto stop_and_cleanup;
 
-	if (desc != NULL && !err) {
-		struct ext4_iloc iloc;
+	err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
+	if (err)
+		goto stop_and_cleanup;
+
+	ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_VERITY);
+	ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
+	err = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
+	if (err)
+		goto stop_and_cleanup;
 
-		err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_stop;
-		ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_VERITY);
-		ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
-		err = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
-	}
-out_stop:
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	return err ?: err2;
+
+	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS);
+	return 0;
+
+stop_and_cleanup:
+	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+cleanup:
+	/*
+	 * Verity failed to be enabled, so clean up by truncating any verity
+	 * metadata that was written beyond i_size (both from cache and from
+	 * disk), removing the inode from the orphan list (if it wasn't done
+	 * already), and clearing EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS.
+	 */
+	truncate_inode_pages(inode->i_mapping, inode->i_size);
+	ext4_truncate(inode);
+	ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int ext4_get_verity_descriptor_location(struct inode *inode,