*/
 static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                                 unsigned int flags,
-                                struct ext4_ext_path *path,
                                 struct ext4_extent *newext)
 {
-       struct ext4_ext_path *curp = path;
        struct ext4_extent_header *neh;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        ext4_fsblk_t newblock;
        int err = 0;
 
-       newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path,
+       newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, NULL,
                newext, &err, flags);
        if (newblock == 0)
                return err;
        }
 
        /* move top-level index/leaf into new block */
-       memmove(bh->b_data, curp->p_hdr, sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
+       memmove(bh->b_data, EXT4_I(inode)->i_data,
+               sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
 
        /* set size of new block */
        neh = ext_block_hdr(bh);
        if (err)
                goto out;
 
-       /* create index in new top-level index: num,max,pointer */
-       err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, curp);
-       if (err)
-               goto out;
-
-       curp->p_hdr->eh_magic = EXT4_EXT_MAGIC;
-       curp->p_hdr->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_root_idx(inode, 0));
-       curp->p_hdr->eh_entries = cpu_to_le16(1);
-       curp->p_idx = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(curp->p_hdr);
-
-       if (path[0].p_hdr->eh_depth)
-               curp->p_idx->ei_block =
-                       EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[0].p_hdr)->ei_block;
-       else
-               curp->p_idx->ei_block =
-                       EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[0].p_hdr)->ee_block;
-       ext4_idx_store_pblock(curp->p_idx, newblock);
-
+       /* Update top-level index: num,max,pointer */
        neh = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
+       neh->eh_entries = cpu_to_le16(1);
+       ext4_idx_store_pblock(EXT_FIRST_INDEX(neh), newblock);
+       if (neh->eh_depth == 0) {
+               /* Root extent block becomes index block */
+               neh->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_root_idx(inode, 0));
+               EXT_FIRST_INDEX(neh)->ei_block =
+                       EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(neh)->ee_block;
+       }
        ext_debug("new root: num %d(%d), lblock %d, ptr %llu\n",
                  le16_to_cpu(neh->eh_entries), le16_to_cpu(neh->eh_max),
                  le32_to_cpu(EXT_FIRST_INDEX(neh)->ei_block),
                  ext4_idx_pblock(EXT_FIRST_INDEX(neh)));
 
-       neh->eh_depth = cpu_to_le16(path->p_depth + 1);
-       err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, curp);
+       neh->eh_depth = cpu_to_le16(neh->eh_depth + 1);
+       ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 out:
        brelse(bh);
 
                        err = PTR_ERR(path);
        } else {
                /* tree is full, time to grow in depth */
-               err = ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle, inode, flags,
-                                           path, newext);
+               err = ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle, inode, flags, newext);
                if (err)
                        goto out;