diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index dc333e8e51e8..8ca4a23129aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
 		if (!handle) {
 			BUG_ON(nblocks <= 0);
 			handle = __ext4_journal_start_sb(dir->i_sb, line_no,
-							 handle_type, nblocks,
-							 0, 0);
+				 handle_type, nblocks, 0,
+				 ext4_trans_default_revoke_credits(sb));
 			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 				ext4_std_error(sb, err);