diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index 7c21aea0266b72c8745012a8f1b281db4fac80e7..d9fb0ad6cc30cc92c32e22b1c86ea056cad732b7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1940,7 +1940,6 @@ int gfs2_dir_mvino(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *filename,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct gfs2_dirent *dent;
-	int error;
 
 	dent = gfs2_dirent_search(&dip->i_inode, filename, gfs2_dirent_find, &bh);
 	if (!dent) {
@@ -1953,18 +1952,10 @@ int gfs2_dir_mvino(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *filename,
 	gfs2_trans_add_meta(dip->i_gl, bh);
 	gfs2_inum_out(nip, dent);
 	dent->de_type = cpu_to_be16(new_type);
-
-	if (dip->i_diskflags & GFS2_DIF_EXHASH) {
-		brelse(bh);
-		error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(dip, &bh);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-		gfs2_trans_add_meta(dip->i_gl, bh);
-	}
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	dip->i_inode.i_mtime = dip->i_inode.i_ctime = current_time(&dip->i_inode);
-	gfs2_dinode_out(dip, bh->b_data);
-	brelse(bh);
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(&dip->i_inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 59e0560180ec8971b0e8dd3915805ddf53c5342c..8700eb81563829dd69929d5ad292e9ae1cbc7816 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1326,19 +1326,11 @@ static int gfs2_ok_to_move(struct gfs2_inode *this, struct gfs2_inode *to)
 static int update_moved_ino(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_inode *ndip,
 			    int dir_rename)
 {
-	int error;
-	struct buffer_head *dibh;
-
 	if (dir_rename)
 		return gfs2_dir_mvino(ip, &gfs2_qdotdot, ndip, DT_DIR);
 
-	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
 	ip->i_inode.i_ctime = current_time(&ip->i_inode);
-	gfs2_trans_add_meta(ip->i_gl, dibh);
-	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
-	brelse(dibh);
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(&ip->i_inode);
 	return 0;
 }