diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 8218b2f5be89616b51b2cc67d1e257a4f05f328b..60a8fcdd9d27ba26e97cad0a6ab50e7f3bf73185 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ enum {
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_FIRST_CLUSTER	0x0010
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NOFREE_LAST_CLUSTER	0x0020
 #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_RERESERVE_CLUSTER      0x0040
-#define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL      0x0080
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index b1eb4ea2c68a1e85195272410e6552dce5011e86..e42a78170109ea6a132392b4bedbf69ebfe501b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1294,8 +1294,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			if (!ablocks[i])
 				continue;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, ablocks[i], 1,
-					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
-					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL);
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
 		}
 	}
 	kfree(ablocks);
@@ -4330,7 +4329,6 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
 			if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
 				fb_flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE;
-			fb_flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, newblock,
 					 EXT4_C2B(sbi, allocated_clusters),
 					 fb_flags);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cde3f3fd3c1b354be3bcd412664dc61a928f6e4d..4c9cd5e994cf37c046487cd13a1e69db2a269f65 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ static int mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			 * is non-zero, a commit should free up blocks.
 			 */
 			if ((err == -ENOMEM) ||
-			    (err == -ENOSPC && EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_free_pending)) {
+			    (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_count_free_clusters(sb))) {
 				if (progress)
 					goto update_disksize;
 				return err;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 83b3477487044f5428fc085b568c43186b100f9b..19108d6bb566c19d17b4977fe0f409b27dec44bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5496,9 +5496,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * consistency guarantees.
 	 */
 	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) &&
-	    (((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) ||
-	     !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode)) &&
-	     !(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_DONT_WAIT_JOURNAL))) {
+	    ((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) ||
+	     !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))) {
 		struct ext4_free_data *new_entry;
 		/*
 		 * We use __GFP_NOFAIL because ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed