diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c94780075b04f752b1cfdec9ccf6f631bd874116..bff44b4a0783f38d6819542314d9e4c70890aa15 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3658,7 +3658,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	ssize_t ret;
 	loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
 	size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
@@ -3682,7 +3681,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 			goto out;
 		}
 		orphan = 1;
-		ei->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
+		ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, inode->i_size);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	}
 
@@ -3790,7 +3789,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			loff_t end = offset + ret;
 			if (end > inode->i_size) {
-				ei->i_disksize = end;
+				ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, end);
 				i_size_write(inode, end);
 				/*
 				 * We're going to return a positive `ret'