diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index e897d5363d01..287f83eb791f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_health.h"
+#include "xfs_reflink.h"
 
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -606,6 +607,9 @@ xfs_ioc_space(
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (xfs_is_always_cow_inode(ip))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (filp->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
 		flags |= XFS_PREALLOC_SYNC;
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)