diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index 6e272ef6ba96c4938cc357ef498c760bde67d39e..f5240aa15601a6b34c40b339b0153e6f8bc6867d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
 
-int __ext4_journal_get_undo_access(const char *where, unsigned int line,
-				   handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
-		err = jbd2_journal_get_undo_access(handle, bh);
-		if (err)
-			ext4_journal_abort_handle(where, line, __func__, bh,
-						  handle, err);
-	}
-	return err;
-}
-
 int __ext4_journal_get_write_access(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 				    handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index d0f53538a57fd8663b03443898e4d12492ff399b..bb85757689b6af513dd556559a407049a1fc9782 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ void ext4_journal_abort_handle(const char *caller, unsigned int line,
 			       const char *err_fn,
 		struct buffer_head *bh, handle_t *handle, int err);
 
-int __ext4_journal_get_undo_access(const char *where, unsigned int line,
-				   handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh);
-
 int __ext4_journal_get_write_access(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 				    handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh);
 
@@ -146,8 +143,6 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 			      handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb);
 
-#define ext4_journal_get_undo_access(handle, bh) \
-	__ext4_journal_get_undo_access(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (bh))
 #define ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh) \
 	__ext4_journal_get_write_access(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (bh))
 #define ext4_forget(handle, is_metadata, inode, bh, block_nr) \
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 92aa05ddef66e5cf20c87d3cc11bb90131c06788..307d447bbc43b271b811799f45cd8aad45fc114a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4732,9 +4732,9 @@ void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 	 * Check to see if we are freeing blocks across a group
 	 * boundary.
 	 */
-	if (bit + count > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)) {
+	if (bit + count > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
 		goto error_return;
-	}
+
 	bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, block_group);
 	if (!bitmap_bh)
 		goto error_return;
@@ -4753,12 +4753,8 @@ void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * We are about to add blocks to the bitmap,
-	 * so we need undo access.
-	 */
-	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "getting undo access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_undo_access(handle, bitmap_bh);
+	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "getting write access");
+	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bitmap_bh);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_return;