diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index e5b169b44..59401d0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -189,10 +189,9 @@
 			struct ext4_extent *ex, int *err)
 {
 	ext4_fsblk_t goal, newblock;
-	unsigned long count = 1;
 
 	goal = ext4_ext_find_goal(inode, path, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block));
-	newblock = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, &count, err);
+	newblock = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, NULL, err);
 	return newblock;
 }