return EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 }
 
-/* Initializes an uninitialized block bitmap if given, and returns the
- * number of blocks free in the group. */
-unsigned ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head *bh,
-                ext4_group_t block_group, struct ext4_group_desc *gdp)
+/* Initializes an uninitialized block bitmap */
+void ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head *bh,
+                           ext4_group_t block_group,
+                           struct ext4_group_desc *gdp)
 {
        unsigned int bit, bit_max = num_base_meta_blocks(sb, block_group);
-       ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
-       unsigned group_blocks = num_blocks_in_group(sb, block_group);
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
-
-       if (bh) {
-               J_ASSERT_BH(bh, buffer_locked(bh));
-
-               /* If checksum is bad mark all blocks used to prevent allocation
-                * essentially implementing a per-group read-only flag. */
-               if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, block_group, gdp)) {
-                       ext4_error(sb, "Checksum bad for group %u",
-                                       block_group);
-                       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, 0);
-                       ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, 0);
-                       ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp, 0);
-                       memset(bh->b_data, 0xff, sb->s_blocksize);
-                       return 0;
-               }
-               memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
+       ext4_fsblk_t start, tmp;
+       int flex_bg = 0;
+
+       J_ASSERT_BH(bh, buffer_locked(bh));
+
+       /* If checksum is bad mark all blocks used to prevent allocation
+        * essentially implementing a per-group read-only flag. */
+       if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, block_group, gdp)) {
+               ext4_error(sb, "Checksum bad for group %u", block_group);
+               ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+               ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+               ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+               memset(bh->b_data, 0xff, sb->s_blocksize);
+               return;
        }
+       memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 
-       if (bh) {
-               ext4_fsblk_t start, tmp;
-               int flex_bg = 0;
+       for (bit = 0; bit < bit_max; bit++)
+               ext4_set_bit(bit, bh->b_data);
 
-               for (bit = 0; bit < bit_max; bit++)
-                       ext4_set_bit(bit, bh->b_data);
+       start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
 
-               start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
+       if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG))
+               flex_bg = 1;
 
-               if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-                                             EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG))
-                       flex_bg = 1;
+       /* Set bits for block and inode bitmaps, and inode table */
+       tmp = ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp);
+       if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+               ext4_set_bit(tmp - start, bh->b_data);
 
-               /* Set bits for block and inode bitmaps, and inode table */
-               tmp = ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp);
-               if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
-                       ext4_set_bit(tmp - start, bh->b_data);
+       tmp = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp);
+       if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+               ext4_set_bit(tmp - start, bh->b_data);
 
-               tmp = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp);
+       tmp = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp);
+       for (; tmp < ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) +
+                    sbi->s_itb_per_group; tmp++) {
                if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
                        ext4_set_bit(tmp - start, bh->b_data);
-
-               tmp = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp);
-               for (; tmp < ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) +
-                               sbi->s_itb_per_group; tmp++) {
-                       if (!flex_bg ||
-                               ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
-                               ext4_set_bit(tmp - start, bh->b_data);
-               }
-               /*
-                * Also if the number of blocks within the group is
-                * less than the blocksize * 8 ( which is the size
-                * of bitmap ), set rest of the block bitmap to 1
-                */
-               ext4_mark_bitmap_end(group_blocks, sb->s_blocksize * 8,
-                                    bh->b_data);
        }
-       return group_blocks - bit_max -
-               ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(sb, block_group, gdp);
+       /*
+        * Also if the number of blocks within the group is less than
+        * the blocksize * 8 ( which is the size of bitmap ), set rest
+        * of the block bitmap to 1
+        */
+       ext4_mark_bitmap_end(num_blocks_in_group(sb, block_group),
+                            sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
 }
 
+/* Return the number of free blocks in a block group.  It is used when
+ * the block bitmap is uninitialized, so we can't just count the bits
+ * in the bitmap. */
+unsigned ext4_free_blocks_after_init(struct super_block *sb,
+                                    ext4_group_t block_group,
+                                    struct ext4_group_desc *gdp)
+{
+       return num_blocks_in_group(sb, block_group) -
+               num_base_meta_blocks(sb, block_group) -
+               ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(sb, block_group, gdp);
+}
 
 /*
  * The free blocks are managed by bitmaps.  A file system contains several
 
        int ret2, err = 0;
        struct inode *ret;
        ext4_group_t i;
-       int free = 0;
        static int once = 1;
        ext4_group_t flex_group;
 
                        goto fail;
                }
 
-               free = 0;
-               ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
+               BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
+               err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, block_bitmap_bh);
+               brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
+
                /* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
+               ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
                if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
-                       free = ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, gdp);
                        gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
-                       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, free);
+                       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp,
+                               ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, gdp));
                        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group,
                                                                gdp);
                }
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
 
-               /* Don't need to dirty bitmap block if we didn't change it */
-               if (free) {
-                       BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
-                       err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle,
-                                                       NULL, block_bitmap_bh);
-               }
-
-               brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
                if (err)
                        goto fail;
        }