diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index c012f2a43ba8..1b3ee80484f1 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -1222,27 +1222,21 @@ static int udf_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		    struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
-	struct udf_fileident_bh fibh;
-	struct fileIdentDesc cfi, *fi;
+	struct udf_fileident_iter iter;
 	int err;
 
-	fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
-	if (!fi) {
+	err = udf_fiiter_add_entry(dir, dentry, &iter);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
-	}
-	cfi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
-	cfi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(UDF_I(inode)->i_location);
+	iter.fi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	iter.fi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(UDF_I(inode)->i_location);
 	if (UDF_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_lvid_bh) {
-		*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)cfi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
+		*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)iter.fi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
 			cpu_to_le32(lvid_get_unique_id(inode->i_sb));
 	}
-	udf_write_fi(dir, &cfi, fi, &fibh, NULL, NULL);
-	if (UDF_I(dir)->i_alloc_type == ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB)
-		mark_inode_dirty(dir);
+	udf_fiiter_write_fi(&iter, NULL);
+	udf_fiiter_release(&iter);
 
-	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
-		brelse(fibh.ebh);
-	brelse(fibh.sbh);
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);