diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 6035360d66cb..46be0c345c00 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2962,8 +2962,7 @@ void ext4_exit_mballoc(void)
  * Returns 0 if success or error code
  */
 static noinline_for_stack int
-ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
-				handle_t *handle, unsigned int reserv_clstrs)
+ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, handle_t *handle)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
@@ -3050,13 +3049,6 @@ ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group);
 	percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len);
-	/*
-	 * Now reduce the dirty block count also. Should not go negative
-	 */
-	if (!(ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_DELALLOC_RESERVED))
-		/* release all the reserved blocks if non delalloc */
-		percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyclusters_counter,
-				   reserv_clstrs);
 
 	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
 		ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi,
@@ -4631,7 +4623,7 @@ repeat:
 		}
 	}
 	if (likely(ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND)) {
-		*errp = ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(ac, handle, reserv_clstrs);
+		*errp = ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(ac, handle);
 		if (*errp) {
 			ext4_discard_allocated_blocks(ac);
 			goto errout;
@@ -4658,12 +4650,9 @@ out:
 		kmem_cache_free(ext4_ac_cachep, ac);
 	if (inquota && ar->len < inquota)
 		dquot_free_block(ar->inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, inquota - ar->len));
-	if (!ar->len) {
-		if ((ar->flags & EXT4_MB_DELALLOC_RESERVED) == 0)
-			/* release all the reserved blocks if non delalloc */
-			percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyclusters_counter,
-						reserv_clstrs);
-	}
+	/* release any reserved blocks */
+	if (reserv_clstrs)
+		percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyclusters_counter, reserv_clstrs);
 
 	trace_ext4_allocate_blocks(ar, (unsigned long long)block);