1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c98e3afea30a..f9c642b22efa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -78,16 +78,14 @@ static int ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode)
  * but there may still be a record of it in the journal, and that record
  * still needs to be revoked.
  *
- * If the handle isn't valid we're not journaling so there's nothing to do.
+ * If the handle isn't valid we're not journaling, but we still need to
+ * call into ext4_journal_revoke() to put the buffer head.
  */
 int ext4_forget(handle_t *handle, int is_metadata, struct inode *inode,
                 struct buffer_head *bh, ext4_fsblk_t blocknr)
 {
         int err;
 
-        if (!ext4_handle_valid(handle))
-                return 0;
-
         might_sleep();
 
         BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "enter");