diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 0b5e65fc38d6d98b9566ffefb1b20a44baa0cc85..0abb72d733d5bbd80192293edd4822d29714ef65 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 		if (!handle) {
 			BUG_ON(nblocks <= 0);
 			handle = __ext4_journal_start_sb(dir->i_sb, line_no,
-							 handle_type, nblocks,
-							 0, 0);
+				 handle_type, nblocks, 0,
+				 ext4_trans_default_revoke_credits(sb));
 			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 				ext4_std_error(sb, err);