diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 00b8e6e1c4041bf0619b8a10d6248b84d312fd92..a713bc7242a495be4bb89531aa553754115e9ab5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -74,13 +74,12 @@ xfs_bmap_compute_maxlevels(
 	 * ATTR2 we have to assume the worst case scenario of a minimum size
 	 * available.
 	 */
-	if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK) {
-		maxleafents = MAXEXTNUM;
+	maxleafents = xfs_iext_max_nextents(whichfork);
+	if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK)
 		sz = XFS_BMDR_SPACE_CALC(MINDBTPTRS);
-	} else {
-		maxleafents = MAXAEXTNUM;
+	else
 		sz = XFS_BMDR_SPACE_CALC(MINABTPTRS);
-	}
+
 	maxrootrecs = xfs_bmdr_maxrecs(sz, 0);
 	minleafrecs = mp->m_bmap_dmnr[0];
 	minnoderecs = mp->m_bmap_dmnr[1];
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 87781a5d5a452d86ea7b291c2538e5737d168a3a..b1c37a82ddce420da52860e0b119d80f42ecedb3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ xfs_dinode_verify_fork(
 	int			whichfork)
 {
 	uint32_t		di_nextents = XFS_DFORK_NEXTENTS(dip, whichfork);
+	xfs_extnum_t		max_extents;
 
 	switch (XFS_DFORK_FORMAT(dip, whichfork)) {
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
@@ -358,12 +359,9 @@ xfs_dinode_verify_fork(
 			return __this_address;
 		break;
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE:
-		if (whichfork == XFS_ATTR_FORK) {
-			if (di_nextents > MAXAEXTNUM)
-				return __this_address;
-		} else if (di_nextents > MAXEXTNUM) {
+		max_extents = xfs_iext_max_nextents(whichfork);
+		if (di_nextents > max_extents)
 			return __this_address;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		return __this_address;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 9149f4f796fc3862d2cb23b4d249038ead8f03c4..e136c29a0ec1945967ca26d4a354fe709f31da16 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ xfs_iext_count_may_overflow(
 	if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK)
 		return 0;
 
-	max_exts = (whichfork == XFS_ATTR_FORK) ? MAXAEXTNUM : MAXEXTNUM;
+	max_exts = xfs_iext_max_nextents(whichfork);
 
 	if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(false, ip->i_mount, XFS_ERRTAG_REDUCE_MAX_IEXTENTS))
 		max_exts = 10;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
index 3d64a3acb0edc07ed7ce3503af74bef0e168f977..2605f7ff8fc119a161c7f8465816f7ca6a0261dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.h
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ static inline int8_t xfs_ifork_format(struct xfs_ifork *ifp)
 	return ifp->if_format;
 }
 
+static inline xfs_extnum_t xfs_iext_max_nextents(int whichfork)
+{
+	if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK || whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK)
+		return MAXEXTNUM;
+
+	return MAXAEXTNUM;
+}
+
 struct xfs_ifork *xfs_ifork_alloc(enum xfs_dinode_fmt format,
 				xfs_extnum_t nextents);
 struct xfs_ifork *xfs_iext_state_to_fork(struct xfs_inode *ip, int state);