1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 04e01915b86e..d10ccea82fab 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -409,13 +409,6 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
         mlog(0, "extending dir %llu (i_size = %lld)\n",
              (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, dir_i_size);
 
-        handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
-        if (handle == NULL) {
-                status = -ENOMEM;
-                mlog_errno(status);
-                goto bail;
-        }
-
         /* dir->i_size is always block aligned. */
         spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_lock);
         if (dir_i_size == ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(sb, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_clusters)) {
@@ -428,8 +421,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                 }
 
                 if (!num_free_extents) {
-                        status = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, handle,
-                                                            fe, &meta_ac);
+                        status = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, fe, &meta_ac);
                         if (status < 0) {
                                 if (status != -ENOSPC)
                                         mlog_errno(status);
@@ -437,7 +429,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                         }
                 }
 
-                status = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, handle, 1, &data_ac);
+                status = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, 1, &data_ac);
                 if (status < 0) {
                         if (status != -ENOSPC)
                                 mlog_errno(status);
@@ -450,7 +442,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                 credits = OCFS2_SIMPLE_DIR_EXTEND_CREDITS;
         }
 
-        handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, handle, credits);
+        handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, NULL, credits);
         if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                 status = PTR_ERR(handle);
                 handle = NULL;