diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index c729b35..555155d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@
 	return bg_start + colour + block;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocation for a meta data block
+ */
 static ext4_fsblk_t
-ext4_ext_new_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			struct ext4_ext_path *path,
 			struct ext4_extent *ex, int *err)
 {
@@ -690,7 +693,8 @@
 	/* allocate all needed blocks */
 	ext_debug("allocate %d blocks for indexes/leaf\n", depth - at);
 	for (a = 0; a < depth - at; a++) {
-		newblock = ext4_ext_new_block(handle, inode, path, newext, &err);
+		newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path,
+						   newext, &err);
 		if (newblock == 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 		ablocks[a] = newblock;
@@ -886,7 +890,7 @@
 	ext4_fsblk_t newblock;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	newblock = ext4_ext_new_block(handle, inode, path, newext, &err);
+	newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path, newext, &err);
 	if (newblock == 0)
 		return err;