diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index e2126d70dff5..1d0418980f8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 	 * new bitmap information
 	 */
 	set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT, &(grp->bb_state));
-	ext4_mb_update_group_info(grp, blocks_freed);
+	grp->bb_free += blocks_freed;
 	up_write(&grp->alloc_sem);
 
 	/* We dirtied the bitmap block */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index fb21663ffe54..02b22885eb02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1343,8 +1343,6 @@ extern void ext4_mb_free_blocks(handle_t *, struct inode *,
 		ext4_fsblk_t, unsigned long, int, unsigned long *);
 extern int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_group_t i, struct ext4_group_desc *desc);
-extern void ext4_mb_update_group_info(struct ext4_group_info *grp,
-		ext4_grpblk_t add);
 extern int ext4_mb_get_buddy_cache_lock(struct super_block *, ext4_group_t);
 extern void ext4_mb_put_buddy_cache_lock(struct super_block *,
 						ext4_group_t, int);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index faf5bd056a93..833d87236881 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2554,15 +2554,6 @@ exit_meta_group_info:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 } /* ext4_mb_add_groupinfo */
 
-/*
- * Update an existing group.
- * This function is used for online resize
- */
-void ext4_mb_update_group_info(struct ext4_group_info *grp, ext4_grpblk_t add)
-{
-	grp->bb_free += add;
-}
-
 static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);