diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 406cf8bb12d5..39a54a0e9fe4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 		return error;
 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
-			EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+				    ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(inode));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 
 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
-				    EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+				    ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(inode));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto release_and_out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index a5ae87c51401..61ecf059f70c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2456,6 +2456,75 @@ extern const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations;
 extern loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern void ext4_unwritten_wait(struct inode *inode);
 
+/* inline.c */
+extern int ext4_has_inline_data(struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_get_inline_size(struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_get_max_inline_size(struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_find_inline_data_nolock(struct inode *inode);
+extern void ext4_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
+				   void *buffer, loff_t pos,
+				   unsigned int len);
+extern int ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+				    unsigned int len);
+extern int ext4_init_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+				 unsigned int len);
+extern int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode);
+
+extern int ext4_readpage_inline(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
+extern int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
+					 struct inode *inode,
+					 loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+					 unsigned flags,
+					 struct page **pagep);
+extern int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode,
+				      loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+				      unsigned copied,
+				      struct page *page);
+extern struct buffer_head *
+ext4_journalled_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
+				  unsigned len,
+				  struct page *page);
+extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
+					   struct inode *inode,
+					   loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+					   unsigned flags,
+					   struct page **pagep,
+					   void **fsdata);
+extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
+					 unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+					 struct page *page);
+extern int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
+				     struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct inode *parent,
+				      struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
+				void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
+				int *has_inline_data);
+extern struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
+					const struct qstr *d_name,
+					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
+					int *has_inline_data);
+extern int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct inode *dir,
+				    struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
+				    struct buffer_head *bh,
+				    int *has_inline_data);
+extern int empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data);
+extern struct buffer_head *ext4_get_first_inline_block(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **parent_de,
+					int *retval);
+extern int ext4_inline_data_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
+				   int *has_inline);
+extern int ext4_try_to_evict_inline_data(handle_t *handle,
+					 struct inode *inode,
+					 int needed);
+extern void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline);
+
+extern int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode);
+
 /* namei.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_special_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index c1fc2dca14ae..4c216b1bf20c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@
 #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb))
 #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(sb))
 
+static inline int ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int credits = EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of inline data, we may push out the data to a block,
+	 * so we need to reserve credits for this eventuality
+	 */
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+		credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
+	return credits;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Ext4 handle operation types -- for logging purposes
  */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 2efc5600b03b..cc31da027596 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1165,16 +1165,9 @@ ext4_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int error, retries = 0;
-	int credits = EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);
+	int credits = ext4_jbd2_credits_xattr(inode);
 
 retry:
-	/*
-	 * In case of inline data, we may push out the data to a block,
-	 * So reserve the journal space first.
-	 */
-	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
-		credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
-
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 69eda787a96a..aa25deb5c6cd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -125,74 +125,6 @@ extern int ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				       struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 				       struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is);
 
-extern int ext4_has_inline_data(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_get_inline_size(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_get_max_inline_size(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_find_inline_data_nolock(struct inode *inode);
-extern void ext4_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
-				   struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
-				   void *buffer, loff_t pos,
-				   unsigned int len);
-extern int ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-				    unsigned int len);
-extern int ext4_init_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-				 unsigned int len);
-extern int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode);
-
-extern int ext4_readpage_inline(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
-extern int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
-					 struct inode *inode,
-					 loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-					 unsigned flags,
-					 struct page **pagep);
-extern int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode,
-				      loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-				      unsigned copied,
-				      struct page *page);
-extern struct buffer_head *
-ext4_journalled_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
-				  unsigned len,
-				  struct page *page);
-extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
-					   struct inode *inode,
-					   loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-					   unsigned flags,
-					   struct page **pagep,
-					   void **fsdata);
-extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
-					 unsigned len, unsigned copied,
-					 struct page *page);
-extern int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
-				     struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
-				      struct inode *parent,
-				      struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
-				void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
-				int *has_inline_data);
-extern struct buffer_head *ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
-					const struct qstr *d_name,
-					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
-					int *has_inline_data);
-extern int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
-				    struct inode *dir,
-				    struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
-				    struct buffer_head *bh,
-				    int *has_inline_data);
-extern int empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data);
-extern struct buffer_head *ext4_get_first_inline_block(struct inode *inode,
-					struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **parent_de,
-					int *retval);
-extern int ext4_inline_data_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
-				   struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
-				   int *has_inline);
-extern int ext4_try_to_evict_inline_data(handle_t *handle,
-					 struct inode *inode,
-					 int needed);
-extern void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline);
-
-extern int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
 extern int ext4_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			      struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *qstr);