diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
index 8643ff5..51bc821 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
@@ -270,5 +270,10 @@
 				     0xffff);
 }
 
+#define ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path) \
+		__ext4_ext_dirty(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (inode), (path))
+int __ext4_ext_dirty(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle,
+		     struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path);
+
 #endif /* _EXT4_EXTENTS */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6fcb375..107936d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -157,11 +157,8 @@
  *  - ENOMEM
  *  - EIO
  */
-#define ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path) \
-		__ext4_ext_dirty(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (inode), (path))
-static int __ext4_ext_dirty(const char *where, unsigned int line,
-			    handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			    struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+int __ext4_ext_dirty(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle,
+		     struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 {
 	int err;
 	if (path->p_bh) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 309ca89..3dcbf36 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -409,18 +409,7 @@
 		mext_insert_inside_block(o_start, o_end, start_ext, new_ext,
 						end_ext, eh, range_to_move);
 
-	if (depth) {
-		ret = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, orig_inode,
-						 orig_path->p_bh);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	} else {
-		ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, orig_inode);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return ext4_ext_dirty(handle, orig_inode, orig_path);
 }
 
 /**