diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index f3032c919a22..22bc7435d913 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -498,44 +498,6 @@ void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 	return;
 }
 
-/**
- * ext4_free_blocks() -- Free given blocks and update quota
- * @handle:		handle for this transaction
- * @inode:		inode
- * @block:		start physical block to free
- * @count:		number of blocks to count
- * @metadata: 		Are these metadata blocks
- */
-void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
-			int metadata)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb;
-	unsigned long dquot_freed_blocks;
-
-	/* this isn't the right place to decide whether block is metadata
-	 * inode.c/extents.c knows better, but for safety ... */
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		metadata = 1;
-
-	/* We need to make sure we don't reuse
-	 * block released untill the transaction commit.
-	 * writeback mode have weak data consistency so
-	 * don't force data as metadata when freeing block
-	 * for writeback mode.
-	 */
-	if (metadata == 0 && !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
-		metadata = 1;
-
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
-
-	ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, count,
-			    metadata, &dquot_freed_blocks);
-	if (dquot_freed_blocks)
-		vfs_dq_free_block(inode, dquot_freed_blocks);
-	return;
-}
-
 /**
  * ext4_has_free_blocks()
  * @sbi:	in-core super block structure.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 57c4e03afa0a..210e1b53e91f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1325,8 +1325,6 @@ extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			ext4_fsblk_t goal, unsigned long *count, int *errp);
 extern int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks);
 extern int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks);
-extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count, int metadata);
 extern void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 				ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count);
 extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *);
@@ -1385,8 +1383,9 @@ extern int ext4_mb_reserve_blocks(struct super_block *, int);
 extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *);
 extern int __init init_ext4_mballoc(void);
 extern void exit_ext4_mballoc(void);
-extern void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *, struct inode *,
-		ext4_fsblk_t, unsigned long, int, unsigned long *);
+extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+			     ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
+			     int metadata);
 extern int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_group_t i, struct ext4_group_desc *desc);
 extern int ext4_mb_get_buddy_cache_lock(struct super_block *, ext4_group_t);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 6e5a23a2cc25..0dca90be1afb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4427,18 +4427,24 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Main entry point into mballoc to free blocks
+/**
+ * ext4_free_blocks() -- Free given blocks and update quota
+ * @handle:		handle for this transaction
+ * @inode:		inode
+ * @block:		start physical block to free
+ * @count:		number of blocks to count
+ * @metadata: 		Are these metadata blocks
  */
-void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
-			int metadata, unsigned long *freed)
+void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+		      ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
+		      int metadata)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct ext4_allocation_context *ac = NULL;
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es;
+	unsigned long freed = 0;
 	unsigned int overflow;
 	ext4_grpblk_t bit;
 	struct buffer_head *gd_bh;
@@ -4448,7 +4454,15 @@ void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	int err = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	*freed = 0;
+	/* 
+	 * We need to make sure we don't reuse the freed block until
+	 * after the transaction is committed, which we can do by
+	 * treating the block as metadata, below.  We make an
+	 * exception if the inode is to be written in writeback mode
+	 * since writeback mode has weak data consistency guarantees.
+	 */
+	if (!ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
+		metadata = 1;
 
 	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
@@ -4577,7 +4591,7 @@ void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	ext4_mb_release_desc(&e4b);
 
-	*freed += count;
+	freed += count;
 
 	/* We dirtied the bitmap block */
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "dirtied bitmap block");
@@ -4597,6 +4611,8 @@ void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 error_return:
+	if (freed)
+		vfs_dq_free_block(inode, freed);
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	ext4_std_error(sb, err);
 	if (ac)