diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cf20e1fe7782d485264101d64f3dea4d5a38bb20..92655fd8965737bac9aa002f173ed607ecdcfa8a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2390,7 +2390,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	pgoff_t index;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	handle_t *handle;
-	loff_t page_len;
 
 	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -2437,13 +2436,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		 */
 		if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
 			ext4_truncate_failed_write(inode);
-	} else {
-		page_len = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
-		if (page_len > 0) {
-			ret = ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle,
-				inode, page, pos - page_len, page_len,
-				EXT4_DISCARD_PARTIAL_PG_ZERO_UNMAPPED);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -2486,7 +2478,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
 	loff_t new_i_size;
 	unsigned long start, end;
 	int write_mode = (int)(unsigned long)fsdata;
-	loff_t page_len;
 
 	if (write_mode == FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC) {
 		if (ext4_should_order_data(inode)) {
@@ -2535,16 +2526,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
 	}
 	ret2 = generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
 							page, fsdata);
-
-	page_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -
-			((pos + copied - 1) & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1));
-
-	if (page_len > 0) {
-		ret = ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle,
-			inode, page, pos + copied - 1, page_len,
-			EXT4_DISCARD_PARTIAL_PG_ZERO_UNMAPPED);
-	}
-
 	copied = ret2;
 	if (ret2 < 0)
 		ret = ret2;
@@ -3206,26 +3187,8 @@ int ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle_t *handle,
 
 	iblock = index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 
-	if (!page_has_buffers(page)) {
-		/*
-		 * If the range to be discarded covers a partial block
-		 * we need to get the page buffers.  This is because
-		 * partial blocks cannot be released and the page needs
-		 * to be updated with the contents of the block before
-		 * we write the zeros on top of it.
-		 */
-		if ((from & (blocksize - 1)) ||
-		    ((from + length) & (blocksize - 1))) {
-			create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * If there are no partial blocks,
-			 * there is nothing to update,
-			 * so we can return now
-			 */
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+		create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
 
 	/* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */
 	bh = page_buffers(page);