return error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Mark an attribute entry INCOMPLETE and save pointers to the relevant buffers
+ * for later deletion of the entry.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xfs_attr_leaf_mark_incomplete(
+       struct xfs_da_args      *args,
+       struct xfs_da_state     *state)
+{
+       int                     error;
+
+       /*
+        * Fill in disk block numbers in the state structure
+        * so that we can get the buffers back after we commit
+        * several transactions in the following calls.
+        */
+       error = xfs_attr_fillstate(state);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+
+       /*
+        * Mark the attribute as INCOMPLETE
+        */
+       return xfs_attr3_leaf_setflag(args);
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove a name from a B-tree attribute list.
  *
        ASSERT(blk->bp != NULL);
        ASSERT(blk->magic == XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAGIC);
        if (args->rmtblkno > 0) {
-               /*
-                * Fill in disk block numbers in the state structure
-                * so that we can get the buffers back after we commit
-                * several transactions in the following calls.
-                */
-               error = xfs_attr_fillstate(state);
-               if (error)
-                       goto out;
-
-               /*
-                * Mark the attribute as INCOMPLETE, then bunmapi() the
-                * remote value.
-                */
-               error = xfs_attr3_leaf_setflag(args);
+               error = xfs_attr_leaf_mark_incomplete(args, state);
                if (error)
                        goto out;