diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index c19ab6addb24401af321a08b8d3bd9cc0d1ed8e5..bfa65b49d4243d75a5c73456fc2ee4e3698537f4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 }
 
 int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
-			      handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
-			      int now)
+			      handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
 	int err = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index 1393c830411657932754bcd3f3244f2119bfc3f7..56d258c1830363d99ccf2edf7743633acf510942 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 				 struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
-			      handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
-			      int now);
+			      handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb);
 
 #define ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh) \
 	__ext4_journal_get_write_access(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (bh))
@@ -232,10 +231,8 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 #define ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh) \
 	__ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (inode), \
 				     (bh))
-#define ext4_handle_dirty_super_now(handle, sb) \
-	__ext4_handle_dirty_super(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (sb), 1)
 #define ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb) \
-	__ext4_handle_dirty_super(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (sb), 0)
+	__ext4_handle_dirty_super(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (sb))
 
 handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks);
 int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index bed574dd4c22c9998fb8644656e73a05bf451835..a533a18de98eceb22a5af8b356a2499a73db1896 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4093,7 +4093,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 			EXT4_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
 					EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
 			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-			err = ext4_handle_dirty_super_now(handle, sb);
+			err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
 		}
 	}
 	raw_inode->i_generation = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_generation);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 0edaf18d843e92c0b86502abf556b8b94fb6453e..37faf56e558d267286f6f8366555ce69189db619 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ int ext4_orphan_add(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 	/* Insert this inode at the head of the on-disk orphan list... */
 	NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) = le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_last_orphan);
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_last_orphan = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_super_now(handle, sb);
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
 	rc = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
 	if (!err)
 		err = rc;
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ int ext4_orphan_del(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 		if (err)
 			goto out_brelse;
 		sbi->s_es->s_last_orphan = cpu_to_le32(ino_next);
-		err = ext4_handle_dirty_super_now(handle, inode->i_sb);
+		err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, inode->i_sb);
 	} else {
 		struct ext4_iloc iloc2;
 		struct inode *i_prev =
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 50530bdbc02a60311ba682caf65b06c0b5694919..41f6ef68e2e1e8c7fedfb5f5faaf575d6df3bb81 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	ext4_kvfree(o_group_desc);
 
 	le16_add_cpu(&es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks, -1);
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_super_now(handle, sb);
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
 	if (err)
 		ext4_std_error(sb, err);