diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 22ccab6c485eabd225ad4187e2aa6aa2e2681620..5cdab04c697f3813eadc1412c3eac2eb81d45821 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5974,8 +5974,7 @@ static int ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize(struct inode *inode,
 	 * If this is felt to be critical, then e2fsck should be run to
 	 * force a large enough s_min_extra_isize.
 	 */
-	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) &&
-	    jbd2_journal_extend(handle,
+	if (ext4_journal_extend(handle,
 				EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)) != 0)
 		return -ENOSPC;