diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index a74ea70..0cb2945 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1125,8 +1125,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, path_num_items(path) +
-				    handle->h_buffer_credits);
+	status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, path_num_items(path));
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
@@ -2288,20 +2287,14 @@
 					   int op_credits,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int credits = (path->p_tree_depth - subtree_depth) * 2 + 1 + op_credits;
 
-	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits) {
+	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits)
 		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle,
 					 credits - handle->h_buffer_credits);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
 
-		if (unlikely(handle->h_buffer_credits < credits))
-			return ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2545,8 +2538,7 @@
 	 * records for all the bh in the path.
 	 * So we have to allocate extra credits and access them.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle,
-				 handle->h_buffer_credits + subtree_index);
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, subtree_index);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4141,17 +4133,13 @@
 	struct buffer_head *leaf_bh = path_leaf_bh(right_path);
 
 	if (left_path) {
-		int credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
-
 		/*
 		 * There's a chance that left_path got passed back to
 		 * us without being accounted for in the
 		 * journal. Extend our transaction here to be sure we
 		 * can change those blocks.
 		 */
-		credits += left_path->p_tree_depth;
-
-		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, left_path->p_tree_depth);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5237,7 +5225,7 @@
 			    int index, u32 new_range,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
-	int ret, depth, credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	int ret, depth, credits;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *rightmost_el, *el;
@@ -5268,8 +5256,8 @@
 	} else
 		rightmost_el = path_leaf_el(path);
 
-	credits += path->p_tree_depth +
-		   ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
+	credits = path->p_tree_depth +
+		  ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index cfd271c..47878cf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -402,9 +402,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * 'nblocks' is what you want to add to the current
- * transaction. extend_trans will either extend the current handle by
- * nblocks, or commit it and start a new one with nblocks credits.
+ * 'nblocks' is what you want to add to the current transaction.
  *
  * This might call jbd2_journal_restart() which will commit dirty buffers
  * and then restart the transaction. Before calling
@@ -422,11 +420,15 @@
  */
 int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status, old_nblocks;
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
-	BUG_ON(!nblocks);
+	BUG_ON(nblocks < 0);
 
+	if (!nblocks)
+		return 0;
+
+	old_nblocks = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	mlog(0, "Trying to extend transaction by %d blocks\n", nblocks);
@@ -445,7 +447,8 @@
 		mlog(0,
 		     "jbd2_journal_extend failed, trying "
 		     "jbd2_journal_restart\n");
-		status = jbd2_journal_restart(handle, nblocks);
+		status = jbd2_journal_restart(handle,
+					      old_nblocks + nblocks);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 4b0b4eb..33dd2a1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@
 	 * 2 more credits, one for the leaf refcount block, one for
 	 * the extent block contains the extent rec.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, handle->h_buffer_credits + 2);
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, 2);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 4cf6fde..38a55ff 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -3295,8 +3295,7 @@
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-					ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+			ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -3326,8 +3325,7 @@
 					goto out;
 				}
 
-				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-					ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 				if (ret) {
 					mlog_errno(ret);
 					goto out;
@@ -3361,8 +3359,7 @@
 					goto out;
 				}
 
-				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-						ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 				if (ret) {
 					mlog_errno(ret);
 					goto out;
@@ -4870,8 +4867,7 @@
 	 * We need to update the first bucket of the old extent and all
 	 * the buckets going to the new extent.
 	 */
-	credits = ((num_buckets + 1) * blks_per_bucket) +
-		handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	credits = ((num_buckets + 1) * blks_per_bucket);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4941,7 +4937,7 @@
 				      u32 *first_hash)
 {
 	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
-	int ret, credits = 2 * blk_per_bucket + handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	int ret, credits = 2 * blk_per_bucket;
 
 	BUG_ON(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE < OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize);
 
@@ -5181,8 +5177,7 @@
 	 * existing bucket.  Then we add the last existing bucket, the
 	 * new bucket, and the first bucket (3 * blk_per_bucket).
 	 */
-	credits = (end_blk - target_blk) + (3 * blk_per_bucket) +
-		  handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	credits = (end_blk - target_blk) + (3 * blk_per_bucket);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);