diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 58e92e075bf16fb74d49564abcdfbed78d25f616..a430120ef9ffc2236f3d59974d43e3ac6117b346 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6027,8 +6027,7 @@ 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;