diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 1c5e2ef..4b4a862 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,8 @@
     uLongf buf_len;
     const uint8_t *write_buf = buf;
     int write_len = nb_sectors * 512;
+    int64_t write_offset;
+    int64_t write_end_sector;
 
     if (extent->compressed) {
         if (!extent->has_marker) {
@@ -1320,10 +1322,14 @@
         write_buf = (uint8_t *)data;
         write_len = buf_len + sizeof(VmdkGrainMarker);
     }
-    ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file,
-                        cluster_offset + offset_in_cluster,
-                        write_buf,
-                        write_len);
+    write_offset = cluster_offset + offset_in_cluster,
+    ret = bdrv_pwrite(extent->file, write_offset, write_buf, write_len);
+
+    write_end_sector = DIV_ROUND_UP(write_offset + write_len, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+
+    extent->next_cluster_sector = MAX(extent->next_cluster_sector,
+                                      write_end_sector);
+
     if (ret != write_len) {
         ret = ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
         goto out;