diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 04f3e302feee2d3e728519a091c259a5b4d391c4..7093d749589b4931b3d691c4c117a27db5ad6a06 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ xfs_remove(
 	 */
 	XFS_BMAP_INIT(&free_list, &first_block);
 	error = xfs_dir_removename(tp, dp, name, ip->i_ino,
-					&first_block, &free_list, 0);
+					&first_block, &free_list, resblks);
 	if (error) {
 		ASSERT(error != ENOENT);
 		REMOVE_DEBUG_TRACE(__LINE__);