diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index a04183127ef0..c0f9e4699f0b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -291,131 +291,6 @@ static int ext4_blks_to_allocate(Indirect *branch, int k, unsigned int blks,
 	return count;
 }
 
-/**
- *	ext4_alloc_blocks: multiple allocate blocks needed for a branch
- *	@handle: handle for this transaction
- *	@inode: inode which needs allocated blocks
- *	@iblock: the logical block to start allocated at
- *	@goal: preferred physical block of allocation
- *	@indirect_blks: the number of blocks need to allocate for indirect
- *			blocks
- *	@blks: number of desired blocks
- *	@new_blocks: on return it will store the new block numbers for
- *	the indirect blocks(if needed) and the first direct block,
- *	@err: on return it will store the error code
- *
- *	This function will return the number of blocks allocated as
- *	requested by the passed-in parameters.
- */
-static int ext4_alloc_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			     ext4_lblk_t iblock, ext4_fsblk_t goal,
-			     int indirect_blks, int blks,
-			     ext4_fsblk_t new_blocks[4], int *err)
-{
-	struct ext4_allocation_request ar;
-	int target, i;
-	unsigned long count = 0, blk_allocated = 0;
-	int index = 0;
-	ext4_fsblk_t current_block = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Here we try to allocate the requested multiple blocks at once,
-	 * on a best-effort basis.
-	 * To build a branch, we should allocate blocks for
-	 * the indirect blocks(if not allocated yet), and at least
-	 * the first direct block of this branch.  That's the
-	 * minimum number of blocks need to allocate(required)
-	 */
-	/* first we try to allocate the indirect blocks */
-	target = indirect_blks;
-	while (target > 0) {
-		count = target;
-		/* allocating blocks for indirect blocks and direct blocks */
-		current_block = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal,
-						     0, &count, err);
-		if (*err)
-			goto failed_out;
-
-		if (unlikely(current_block + count > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS)) {
-			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
-					 "current_block %llu + count %lu > %d!",
-					 current_block, count,
-					 EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS);
-			*err = -EIO;
-			goto failed_out;
-		}
-
-		target -= count;
-		/* allocate blocks for indirect blocks */
-		while (index < indirect_blks && count) {
-			new_blocks[index++] = current_block++;
-			count--;
-		}
-		if (count > 0) {
-			/*
-			 * save the new block number
-			 * for the first direct block
-			 */
-			new_blocks[index] = current_block;
-			WARN(1, KERN_INFO "%s returned more blocks than "
-						"requested\n", __func__);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	target = blks - count ;
-	blk_allocated = count;
-	if (!target)
-		goto allocated;
-	/* Now allocate data blocks */
-	memset(&ar, 0, sizeof(ar));
-	ar.inode = inode;
-	ar.goal = goal;
-	ar.len = target;
-	ar.logical = iblock;
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		/* enable in-core preallocation only for regular files */
-		ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
-
-	current_block = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle, &ar, err);
-	if (unlikely(current_block + ar.len > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS)) {
-		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
-				 "current_block %llu + ar.len %d > %d!",
-				 current_block, ar.len,
-				 EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS);
-		*err = -EIO;
-		goto failed_out;
-	}
-
-	if (*err && (target == blks)) {
-		/*
-		 * if the allocation failed and we didn't allocate
-		 * any blocks before
-		 */
-		goto failed_out;
-	}
-	if (!*err) {
-		if (target == blks) {
-			/*
-			 * save the new block number
-			 * for the first direct block
-			 */
-			new_blocks[index] = current_block;
-		}
-		blk_allocated += ar.len;
-	}
-allocated:
-	/* total number of blocks allocated for direct blocks */
-	ret = blk_allocated;
-	*err = 0;
-	return ret;
-failed_out:
-	for (i = 0; i < index; i++)
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /**
  *	ext4_alloc_branch - allocate and set up a chain of blocks.
  *	@handle: handle for this transaction
@@ -448,60 +323,59 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			     int *blks, ext4_fsblk_t goal,
 			     ext4_lblk_t *offsets, Indirect *branch)
 {
-	int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-	int i, n = 0;
-	int err = 0;
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	int num;
-	ext4_fsblk_t new_blocks[4];
-	ext4_fsblk_t current_block;
+	struct ext4_allocation_request	ar;
+	struct buffer_head *		bh;
+	ext4_fsblk_t			b, new_blocks[4];
+	__le32				*p;
+	int				i, j, err, len = 1;
 
-	num = ext4_alloc_blocks(handle, inode, iblock, goal, indirect_blks,
-				*blks, new_blocks, &err);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	branch[0].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[0]);
 	/*
-	 * metadata blocks and data blocks are allocated.
+	 * Set up for the direct block allocation
 	 */
-	for (n = 1; n <= indirect_blks;  n++) {
-		/*
-		 * Get buffer_head for parent block, zero it out
-		 * and set the pointer to new one, then send
-		 * parent to disk.
-		 */
-		bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[n-1]);
+	memset(&ar, 0, sizeof(ar));
+	ar.inode = inode;
+	ar.len = *blks;
+	ar.logical = iblock;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= indirect_blks; i++) {
+		if (i == indirect_blks) {
+			ar.goal = goal;
+			new_blocks[i] = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle, &ar, &err);
+		} else
+			goal = new_blocks[i] = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode,
+							goal, 0, NULL, &err);
+		if (err) {
+			i--;
+			goto failed;
+		}
+		branch[i].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[i]);
+		if (i == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		bh = branch[i].bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[i-1]);
 		if (unlikely(!bh)) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto failed;
 		}
-
-		branch[n].bh = bh;
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
 		err = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh);
 		if (err) {
-			/* Don't brelse(bh) here; it's done in
-			 * ext4_journal_forget() below */
 			unlock_buffer(bh);
 			goto failed;
 		}
 
-		memset(bh->b_data, 0, blocksize);
-		branch[n].p = (__le32 *) bh->b_data + offsets[n];
-		branch[n].key = cpu_to_le32(new_blocks[n]);
-		*branch[n].p = branch[n].key;
-		if (n == indirect_blks) {
-			current_block = new_blocks[n];
-			/*
-			 * End of chain, update the last new metablock of
-			 * the chain to point to the new allocated
-			 * data blocks numbers
-			 */
-			for (i = 1; i < num; i++)
-				*(branch[n].p + i) = cpu_to_le32(++current_block);
-		}
+		memset(bh->b_data, 0, bh->b_size);
+		p = branch[i].p = (__le32 *) bh->b_data + offsets[i];
+		b = new_blocks[i];
+
+		if (i == indirect_blks)
+			len = ar.len;
+		for (j = 0; j < len; j++)
+			*p++ = cpu_to_le32(b++);
+
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking uptodate");
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -511,25 +385,16 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		if (err)
 			goto failed;
 	}
-	*blks = num;
-	return err;
+	*blks = ar.len;
+	return 0;
 failed:
-	/* Allocation failed, free what we already allocated */
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[0], 1, 0);
-	for (i = 1; i <= n ; i++) {
-		/*
-		 * branch[i].bh is newly allocated, so there is no
-		 * need to revoke the block, which is why we don't
-		 * need to set EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA.
-		 */
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1,
-				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
+	for (; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
+			ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, branch[i].bh,
+				    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i],
+				 (i == indirect_blks) ? ar.len : 1, 0);
 	}
-	for (i = n+1; i < indirect_blks; i++)
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
-
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i], num, 0);
-
 	return err;
 }