diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
index d346c065cd..e027916763 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
@@ -987,26 +987,17 @@ int ext4_write_file(const char *filename, void *buf, loff_t offset,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* mount the filesystem */
-	if (!ext4fs_mount(0)) {
-		printf("** Error Bad ext4 partition **\n");
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
 	ret = ext4fs_write(filename, buf, len);
-
 	if (ret) {
 		printf("** Error ext4fs_write() **\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	ext4fs_close();
 
 	*actwrite = len;
 
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	ext4fs_close();
 	*actwrite = 0;
 
 	return -1;