diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 210e1b5..4cfc2f0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -376,6 +376,12 @@
 					 EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT)
 
 /*
+ * Flags used by ext4_free_blocks
+ */
+#define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA	0x0001
+#define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET		0x0002
+
+/*
  * ioctl commands
  */
 #define	EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS		FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
@@ -1384,8 +1390,8 @@
 extern int __init init_ext4_mballoc(void);
 extern void exit_ext4_mballoc(void);
 extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			     ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
-			     int metadata);
+			     struct buffer_head *bh, ext4_fsblk_t block,
+			     unsigned long count, int flags);
 extern int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_group_t i, struct ext4_group_desc *desc);
 extern int ext4_mb_get_buddy_cache_lock(struct super_block *, ext4_group_t);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 74dcff8..2c4a932 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,8 @@
 		for (i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
 			if (!ablocks[i])
 				continue;
-			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, ablocks[i], 1, 1);
+			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, ablocks[i], 1,
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
 		}
 	}
 	kfree(ablocks);
@@ -1957,7 +1958,6 @@
 static int ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int err;
 	ext4_fsblk_t leaf;
 
@@ -1973,9 +1973,8 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	ext_debug("index is empty, remove it, free block %llu\n", leaf);
-	bh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, leaf);
-	ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, bh, leaf);
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, leaf, 1, 1);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, leaf, 1,
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2042,12 +2041,11 @@
 				struct ext4_extent *ex,
 				ext4_lblk_t from, ext4_lblk_t to)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	unsigned short ee_len =  ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
-	int i, metadata = 0;
+	int flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-		metadata = 1;
+		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
 #ifdef EXTENTS_STATS
 	{
 		struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
@@ -2072,11 +2070,7 @@
 		num = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - from;
 		start = ext_pblock(ex) + ee_len - num;
 		ext_debug("free last %u blocks starting %llu\n", num, start);
-		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-			bh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, start + i);
-			ext4_forget(handle, metadata, inode, bh, start + i);
-		}
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, start, num, metadata);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, start, num, flags);
 	} else if (from == le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
 		   && to <= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - 1) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "strange request: removal %u-%u from %u:%u\n",
@@ -3319,8 +3313,8 @@
 		/* not a good idea to call discard here directly,
 		 * but otherwise we'd need to call it every free() */
 		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, ext_pblock(&newex),
-					ext4_ext_get_actual_len(&newex), 0);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, ext_pblock(&newex),
+				 ext4_ext_get_actual_len(&newex), 0);
 		goto out2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 72c6943..3b28e1f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
 	return ret;
 failed_out:
 	for (i = 0; i < index; i++)
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -765,20 +765,20 @@
 	return err;
 failed:
 	/* Allocation failed, free what we already allocated */
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, new_blocks[0], 1, 0);
 	for (i = 1; i <= n ; i++) {
-		BUFFER_TRACE(branch[i].bh, "call jbd2_journal_forget");
 		/* 
-		 * Note: is_metadata is 0 because branch[i].bh is
-		 * newly allocated, so there is no need to revoke the
-		 * block.  If we do, it's harmless, but not necessary.
+		 * branch[i].bh is newly allocated, so there is no
+		 * need to revoke the block, which is why we don't
+		 * need to set EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA.
 		 */
-		ext4_forget(handle, 0, inode, branch[i].bh,
-			    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, new_blocks[i], 1,
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i < indirect_blks; i++)
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
+	for (i = n+1; i < indirect_blks; i++)
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, new_blocks[i], 1, 0);
 
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, new_blocks[i], num, 0);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, new_blocks[i], num, 0);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -857,18 +857,16 @@
 
 err_out:
 	for (i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
-		BUFFER_TRACE(where[i].bh, "call jbd2_journal_forget");
 		/* 
-		 * Note: is_metadata is 0 because branch[i].bh is
-		 * newly allocated, so there is no need to revoke the
-		 * block.  If we do, it's harmless, but not necessary.
+		 * branch[i].bh is newly allocated, so there is no
+		 * need to revoke the block, which is why we don't
+		 * need to set EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA.
 		 */
-		ext4_forget(handle, 0, inode, where[i].bh,
-			    where[i].bh->b_blocknr);
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode,
-					le32_to_cpu(where[i-1].key), 1, 0);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, where[i].bh, 0, 1,
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	}
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, le32_to_cpu(where[num].key), blks, 0);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, le32_to_cpu(where[num].key),
+			 blks, 0);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -4080,7 +4078,10 @@
 			      __le32 *last)
 {
 	__le32 *p;
-	int	is_metadata = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode);
+	int	flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
 
 	if (try_to_extend_transaction(handle, inode)) {
 		if (bh) {
@@ -4096,27 +4097,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Any buffers which are on the journal will be in memory. We
-	 * find them on the hash table so jbd2_journal_revoke() will
-	 * run jbd2_journal_forget() on them.  We've already detached
-	 * each block from the file, so bforget() in
-	 * jbd2_journal_forget() should be safe.
-	 *
-	 * AKPM: turn on bforget in jbd2_journal_forget()!!!
-	 */
-	for (p = first; p < last; p++) {
-		u32 nr = le32_to_cpu(*p);
-		if (nr) {
-			struct buffer_head *tbh;
+	for (p = first; p < last; p++)
+		*p = 0;
 
-			*p = 0;
-			tbh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, nr);
-			ext4_forget(handle, is_metadata, inode, tbh, nr);
-		}
-	}
-
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block_to_free, count, is_metadata);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, block_to_free, count, flags);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -4304,7 +4288,8 @@
 					    blocks_for_truncate(inode));
 			}
 
-			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, nr, 1, 1);
+			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, nr, 1,
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
 
 			if (parent_bh) {
 				/*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 0dca90b..78de5d3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4436,8 +4436,8 @@
  * @metadata: 		Are these metadata blocks
  */
 void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-		      ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
-		      int metadata)
+		      struct buffer_head *bh, ext4_fsblk_t block,
+		      unsigned long count, int flags)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -4454,15 +4454,12 @@
 	int err = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* 
-	 * We need to make sure we don't reuse the freed block until
-	 * after the transaction is committed, which we can do by
-	 * treating the block as metadata, below.  We make an
-	 * exception if the inode is to be written in writeback mode
-	 * since writeback mode has weak data consistency guarantees.
-	 */
-	if (!ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
-		metadata = 1;
+	if (bh) {
+		if (block)
+			BUG_ON(block != bh->b_blocknr);
+		else
+			block = bh->b_blocknr;
+	}
 
 	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
@@ -4476,7 +4473,32 @@
 	}
 
 	ext4_debug("freeing block %llu\n", block);
-	trace_ext4_free_blocks(inode, block, count, metadata);
+	trace_ext4_free_blocks(inode, block, count, flags);
+
+	if (flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET) {
+		struct buffer_head *tbh = bh;
+		int i;
+
+		BUG_ON(bh && (count > 1));
+
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			if (!bh)
+				tbh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb,
+							block + i);
+			ext4_forget(handle, flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA, 
+				    inode, tbh, block + i);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * We need to make sure we don't reuse the freed block until
+	 * after the transaction is committed, which we can do by
+	 * treating the block as metadata, below.  We make an
+	 * exception if the inode is to be written in writeback mode
+	 * since writeback mode has weak data consistency guarantees.
+	 */
+	if (!ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
+		flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
 
 	ac = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_ac_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (ac) {
@@ -4552,7 +4574,8 @@
 	err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, block_group, &e4b);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_return;
-	if (metadata && ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
+
+	if ((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) && ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
 		struct ext4_free_data *new_entry;
 		/*
 		 * blocks being freed are metadata. these blocks shouldn't
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index a93d5b8..d641e13 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -262,13 +262,17 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < max_entries; i++) {
 		if (tmp_idata[i]) {
 			extend_credit_for_blkdel(handle, inode);
-			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode,
-					le32_to_cpu(tmp_idata[i]), 1, 1);
+			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0,
+					 le32_to_cpu(tmp_idata[i]), 1,
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
+					 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 		}
 	}
 	put_bh(bh);
 	extend_credit_for_blkdel(handle, inode);
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, le32_to_cpu(i_data), 1, 1);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, le32_to_cpu(i_data), 1,
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +301,9 @@
 	}
 	put_bh(bh);
 	extend_credit_for_blkdel(handle, inode);
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, le32_to_cpu(i_data), 1, 1);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, le32_to_cpu(i_data), 1,
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -308,8 +314,10 @@
 	/* ei->i_data[EXT4_IND_BLOCK] */
 	if (i_data[0]) {
 		extend_credit_for_blkdel(handle, inode);
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode,
-				le32_to_cpu(i_data[0]), 1, 1);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0,
+				le32_to_cpu(i_data[0]), 1,
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	}
 
 	/* ei->i_data[EXT4_DIND_BLOCK] */
@@ -419,7 +427,8 @@
 	}
 	put_bh(bh);
 	extend_credit_for_blkdel(handle, inode);
-	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, 1, 1);
+	ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, block, 1,
+			 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA | EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 0257019..910bf9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -482,9 +482,10 @@
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "refcount now=0; freeing");
 		if (ce)
 			mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
-		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, bh->b_blocknr, 1, 1);
 		get_bh(bh);
-		ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, bh, bh->b_blocknr);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, bh, 0, 1,
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA |
+				 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
 	} else {
 		le32_add_cpu(&BHDR(bh)->h_refcount, -1);
 		error = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh);
@@ -832,7 +833,8 @@
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 			if (!new_bh) {
 getblk_failed:
-				ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, 1, 1);
+				ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, block, 1,
+						 EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
 				error = -EIO;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index b390e1f..74f628b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -650,30 +650,32 @@
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_free_blocks,
 	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, __u64 block, unsigned long count,
-			int metadata),
+		 int flags),
 
-	TP_ARGS(inode, block, count, metadata),
+	TP_ARGS(inode, block, count, flags),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
 		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
+		__field(      umode_t, mode			)
 		__field(	__u64,	block			)
 		__field(	unsigned long,	count		)
-		__field(	int,	metadata		)
-
+		__field(	 int,	flags			)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->dev		= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		__entry->ino		= inode->i_ino;
+		__entry->mode		= inode->i_mode;
 		__entry->block		= block;
 		__entry->count		= count;
-		__entry->metadata	= metadata;
+		__entry->flags		= flags;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu block %llu count %lu metadata %d",
+	TP_printk("dev %s ino %lu mode 0%o block %llu count %lu flags %d",
 		  jbd2_dev_to_name(__entry->dev), (unsigned long) __entry->ino,
-		  __entry->block, __entry->count, __entry->metadata)
+		  __entry->mode, __entry->block, __entry->count,
+		  __entry->flags)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_sync_file,