diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index 92c88a8f734d5e1cfb5df5b55b31236026c8d329..b57e5c711b6de1048b98afb238fbdca874134497 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -34,22 +34,6 @@ int __ext4_journal_get_write_access(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
 	return err;
 }
 
-int __ext4_journal_forget(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
-				struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
-		err = jbd2_journal_forget(handle, bh);
-		if (err)
-			ext4_journal_abort_handle(where, __func__, bh,
-						  handle, err);
-	}
-	else
-		bforget(bh);
-	return err;
-}
-
 /*
  * The ext4 forget function must perform a revoke if we are freeing data
  * which has been journaled.  Metadata (eg. indirect blocks) must be
@@ -93,7 +77,11 @@ int __ext4_forget(const char *where, handle_t *handle, int is_metadata,
 	    (!is_metadata && !ext4_should_journal_data(inode))) {
 		if (bh) {
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call jbd2_journal_forget");
-			return __ext4_journal_forget(where, handle, bh);
+			err = jbd2_journal_forget(handle, bh);
+			if (err)
+				ext4_journal_abort_handle(where, __func__, bh,
+							  handle, err);
+			return err;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index f9fb4bb695775f66fe16852b56d45e6374f1744a..84bc98ab9f0d44b5a66c3d9130b9cfdb988163ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ int __ext4_journal_get_undo_access(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
 int __ext4_journal_get_write_access(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
 				struct buffer_head *bh);
 
-/* When called with an invalid handle, this will still do a put on the BH */
-int __ext4_journal_forget(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
-				struct buffer_head *bh);
-
 int __ext4_forget(const char *where, handle_t *handle, int is_metadata,
 		  struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		  ext4_fsblk_t blocknr);
@@ -150,8 +146,6 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
 		      (block_nr))
 #define ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh) \
 	__ext4_journal_get_create_access(__func__, (handle), (bh))
-#define ext4_journal_forget(handle, bh) \
-	__ext4_journal_forget(__func__, (handle), (bh))
 #define ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh) \
 	__ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(__func__, (handle), (inode), (bh))
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index fa37f9504ece3d3fb027e5896caf0abad94dc9ac..72c694323492f9ff867b825318ef6b659742693c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -767,7 +767,13 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	/* Allocation failed, free what we already allocated */
 	for (i = 1; i <= n ; i++) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(branch[i].bh, "call jbd2_journal_forget");
-		ext4_journal_forget(handle, branch[i].bh);
+		/* 
+		 * Note: is_metadata is 0 because branch[i].bh is
+		 * newly allocated, so there is no need to revoke the
+		 * block.  If we do, it's harmless, but not necessary.
+		 */
+		ext4_forget(handle, 0, inode, branch[i].bh,
+			    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < indirect_blks; i++)
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
@@ -852,7 +858,13 @@ static int ext4_splice_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 err_out:
 	for (i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(where[i].bh, "call jbd2_journal_forget");
-		ext4_journal_forget(handle, where[i].bh);
+		/* 
+		 * Note: is_metadata is 0 because branch[i].bh is
+		 * newly allocated, so there is no need to revoke the
+		 * block.  If we do, it's harmless, but not necessary.
+		 */
+		ext4_forget(handle, 0, inode, where[i].bh,
+			    where[i].bh->b_blocknr);
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode,
 					le32_to_cpu(where[i-1].key), 1, 0);
 	}