diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index c757adc..0ae3668 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -985,11 +985,7 @@
 	no_expand = ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 
-	error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &is.iloc);
-	if (error)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	error = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, is.iloc.bh);
+	error = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;