diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 22fb1a3a045cb43746a37415efe2f8ce51f6eb90..ec367bce7215a4f0a1dca7abde474617c61fba5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5615,24 +5615,13 @@ void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	handle_t *current_handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
 	handle_t *handle;
 
-	if (!ext4_handle_valid(current_handle)) {
-		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(current_handle, inode);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		goto out;
-	if (current_handle &&
-		current_handle->h_transaction != handle->h_transaction) {
-		/* This task has a transaction open against a different fs */
-		printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: transactions do not match!\n",
-		       __func__);
-	} else {
-		jbd_debug(5, "marking dirty.  outer handle=%p\n",
-				current_handle);
-		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-	}
+
+	jbd_debug(5, "marking dirty.  outer handle=%p\n", current_handle);
+	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 out:
 	return;