diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 132da4c..9f9992b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -159,15 +159,6 @@
 	return bh;
 }
 
-static void release_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int count)
-{
-	if (count) {
-		struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
-
-		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, count);
-	}
-}
-
 static void group_adjust_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int group_no,
 	struct ext2_group_desc *desc, struct buffer_head *bh, int count)
 {
@@ -569,7 +560,7 @@
 error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	if (freed) {
-		release_blocks(sb, freed);
+		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, freed);
 		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}