return err;
 }
 
-static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
+struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *ext4_init_dot_dotdot(struct inode *inode,
+                         struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
+                         int blocksize, int csum_size,
+                         unsigned int parent_ino, int dotdot_real_len)
+{
+       de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
+       de->name_len = 1;
+       de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len),
+                                          blocksize);
+       strcpy(de->name, ".");
+       ext4_set_de_type(inode->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
+
+       de = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);
+       de->inode = cpu_to_le32(parent_ino);
+       de->name_len = 2;
+       if (!dotdot_real_len)
+               de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(blocksize -
+                                       (csum_size + EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1)),
+                                       blocksize);
+       else
+               de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(
+                               EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len), blocksize);
+       strcpy(de->name, "..");
+       ext4_set_de_type(inode->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
+
+       return ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);
+}
+
+static int ext4_init_new_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
+                            struct inode *inode)
 {
-       handle_t *handle;
-       struct inode *inode;
        struct buffer_head *dir_block = NULL;
        struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
        struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t;
        unsigned int blocksize = dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
        int csum_size = 0;
-       int err, retries = 0;
+       int err;
 
        if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(dir->i_sb,
                                       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM))
                csum_size = sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail);
 
+       inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = blocksize;
+       dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
+       if (!(dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err))) {
+               if (!err) {
+                       err = -EIO;
+                       ext4_error(inode->i_sb,
+                                  "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                  inode->i_ino);
+               }
+               goto out;
+       }
+       BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
+       err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
+       de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)dir_block->b_data;
+       ext4_init_dot_dotdot(inode, de, blocksize, csum_size, dir->i_ino, 0);
+       set_nlink(inode, 2);
+       if (csum_size) {
+               t = EXT4_DIRENT_TAIL(dir_block->b_data, blocksize);
+               initialize_dirent_tail(t, blocksize);
+       }
+
+       BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
+       err = ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle, inode, dir_block);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
+       set_buffer_verified(dir_block);
+out:
+       brelse(dir_block);
+       return err;
+}
+
+static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
+{
+       handle_t *handle;
+       struct inode *inode;
+       int err, retries = 0;
+
        if (EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(dir))
                return -EMLINK;
 
 
        inode->i_op = &ext4_dir_inode_operations;
        inode->i_fop = &ext4_dir_operations;
-       inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-       if (!(dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err))) {
-               if (!err) {
-                       err = -EIO;
-                       ext4_error(inode->i_sb,
-                                  "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
-                                  inode->i_ino);
-               }
-               goto out_clear_inode;
-       }
-       BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
-       err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
+       err = ext4_init_new_dir(handle, dir, inode);
        if (err)
                goto out_clear_inode;
-       de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) dir_block->b_data;
-       de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
-       de->name_len = 1;
-       de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len),
-                                          blocksize);
-       strcpy(de->name, ".");
-       ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
-       de = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);
-       de->inode = cpu_to_le32(dir->i_ino);
-       de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(blocksize -
-                                          (csum_size + EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1)),
-                                          blocksize);
-       de->name_len = 2;
-       strcpy(de->name, "..");
-       ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
-       set_nlink(inode, 2);
-
-       if (csum_size) {
-               t = EXT4_DIRENT_TAIL(dir_block->b_data, blocksize);
-               initialize_dirent_tail(t, blocksize);
-       }
-
-       BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-       err = ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle, inode, dir_block);
-       if (err)
-               goto out_clear_inode;
-       set_buffer_verified(dir_block);
        err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
        if (!err)
                err = ext4_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
        unlock_new_inode(inode);
        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out_stop:
-       brelse(dir_block);
        ext4_journal_stop(handle);
        if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
                goto retry;