return error;
 }
 
+static void ext2_xattr_release_block(struct inode *inode,
+                                    struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       struct mb_cache *ea_block_cache = EA_BLOCK_CACHE(inode);
+
+       lock_buffer(bh);
+       if (HDR(bh)->h_refcount == cpu_to_le32(1)) {
+               __u32 hash = le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_hash);
+
+               /*
+                * This must happen under buffer lock for
+                * ext2_xattr_set2() to reliably detect freed block
+                */
+               mb_cache_entry_delete(ea_block_cache, hash,
+                                     bh->b_blocknr);
+               /* Free the old block. */
+               ea_bdebug(bh, "freeing");
+               ext2_free_blocks(inode, bh->b_blocknr, 1);
+               /* We let our caller release bh, so we
+                * need to duplicate the buffer before. */
+               get_bh(bh);
+               bforget(bh);
+               unlock_buffer(bh);
+       } else {
+               /* Decrement the refcount only. */
+               le32_add_cpu(&HDR(bh)->h_refcount, -1);
+               dquot_free_block(inode, 1);
+               mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+               unlock_buffer(bh);
+               ea_bdebug(bh, "refcount now=%d",
+                       le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_refcount));
+               if (IS_SYNC(inode))
+                       sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * Second half of ext2_xattr_set(): Update the file system.
  */
                 * If there was an old block and we are no longer using it,
                 * release the old block.
                 */
-               lock_buffer(old_bh);
-               if (HDR(old_bh)->h_refcount == cpu_to_le32(1)) {
-                       __u32 hash = le32_to_cpu(HDR(old_bh)->h_hash);
-
-                       /*
-                        * This must happen under buffer lock for
-                        * ext2_xattr_set2() to reliably detect freed block
-                        */
-                       mb_cache_entry_delete(ea_block_cache, hash,
-                                             old_bh->b_blocknr);
-                       /* Free the old block. */
-                       ea_bdebug(old_bh, "freeing");
-                       ext2_free_blocks(inode, old_bh->b_blocknr, 1);
-                       mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-                       /* We let our caller release old_bh, so we
-                        * need to duplicate the buffer before. */
-                       get_bh(old_bh);
-                       bforget(old_bh);
-               } else {
-                       /* Decrement the refcount only. */
-                       le32_add_cpu(&HDR(old_bh)->h_refcount, -1);
-                       dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
-                       mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-                       mark_buffer_dirty(old_bh);
-                       ea_bdebug(old_bh, "refcount now=%d",
-                               le32_to_cpu(HDR(old_bh)->h_refcount));
-               }
-               unlock_buffer(old_bh);
+               ext2_xattr_release_block(inode, old_bh);
        }
 
 cleanup:
                        EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
                goto cleanup;
        }
-       lock_buffer(bh);
-       if (HDR(bh)->h_refcount == cpu_to_le32(1)) {
-               __u32 hash = le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_hash);
-
-               /*
-                * This must happen under buffer lock for ext2_xattr_set2() to
-                * reliably detect freed block
-                */
-               mb_cache_entry_delete(EA_BLOCK_CACHE(inode), hash,
-                                     bh->b_blocknr);
-               ext2_free_blocks(inode, EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl, 1);
-               get_bh(bh);
-               bforget(bh);
-               unlock_buffer(bh);
-       } else {
-               le32_add_cpu(&HDR(bh)->h_refcount, -1);
-               ea_bdebug(bh, "refcount now=%d",
-                       le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_refcount));
-               unlock_buffer(bh);
-               mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-               if (IS_SYNC(inode))
-                       sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-               dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
-       }
+       ext2_xattr_release_block(inode, bh);
        EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = 0;
 
 cleanup: