diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 5fe2a013ee65..eba706d9276a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1795,8 +1795,7 @@ int ext4_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es,
 	ext4_grpblk_t last;
 	ext4_grpblk_t add;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	handle_t *handle;
-	int err, err2;
+	int err;
 	ext4_group_t group;
 
 	o_blocks_count = ext4_blocks_count(es);
@@ -1852,43 +1851,7 @@ int ext4_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es,
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
 
-	/* We will update the superblock, one block bitmap, and
-	 * one group descriptor via ext4_free_blocks().
-	 */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 3);
-	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
-		ext4_warning(sb, "error %d on journal start", err);
-		goto exit_put;
-	}
-
-	if ((err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle,
-						 EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh))) {
-		ext4_warning(sb, "error %d on journal write access", err);
-		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-		goto exit_put;
-	}
-	ext4_blocks_count_set(es, o_blocks_count + add);
-	ext4_debug("freeing blocks %llu through %llu\n", o_blocks_count,
-		   o_blocks_count + add);
-	/* We add the blocks to the bitmap and set the group need init bit */
-	err = ext4_group_add_blocks(handle, sb, o_blocks_count, add);
-	ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
-	ext4_debug("freed blocks %llu through %llu\n", o_blocks_count,
-		   o_blocks_count + add);
-	err2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (!err && err2)
-		err = err2;
-
-	if (err)
-		goto exit_put;
-
-	if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "EXT4-fs: extended group to %llu blocks\n",
-		       ext4_blocks_count(es));
-	update_backups(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh->b_blocknr, (char *)es,
-		       sizeof(struct ext4_super_block));
-exit_put:
+	err = ext4_group_extend_no_check(sb, o_blocks_count, add);
 	return err;
 } /* ext4_group_extend */