1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index ca012446d8e7..8d03ef446868 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1114,13 +1114,6 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
                 rename_lock = 1;
         }
 
-        handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
-        if (handle == NULL) {
-                status = -ENOMEM;
-                mlog_errno(status);
-                goto bail;
-        }
-
         /* if old and new are the same, this'll just do one lock. */
         status = ocfs2_double_lock(osb, &old_dir_bh, old_dir,
                                    &new_dir_bh, new_dir);
@@ -1291,7 +1284,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
                 }
         }
 
-        handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, handle, OCFS2_RENAME_CREDITS);
+        handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, NULL, OCFS2_RENAME_CREDITS);
         if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                 status = PTR_ERR(handle);
                 handle = NULL;