diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index ed869889c4fb..c4943b91c7a4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -4681,13 +4681,11 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Insert an extent into an inode btree.
+ * Insert an extent into a btree.
  *
- * The caller needs to update fe->i_clusters
+ * The caller needs to update the owning btree's cluster count.
  */
-int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			handle_t *handle,
-			struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_insert_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
@@ -4701,8 +4699,9 @@ int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert = {0, };
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
-	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to inode %llu\n",
-	     new_clusters, cpos, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to owner %llu\n",
+	     new_clusters, cpos,
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci));
 
 	memset(&rec, 0, sizeof(rec));
 	rec.e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
@@ -4829,8 +4828,7 @@ int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, bit_off);
 	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters at block %u for inode %llu\n",
 	     num_bits, bit_off, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-	status = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, et,
-				     *logical_offset, block,
+	status = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, et, *logical_offset, block,
 				     num_bits, flags, meta_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -7244,8 +7242,7 @@ int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
 		 * the in-inode data from our pages.
 		 */
 		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, di_bh);
-		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et,
-					  0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out_commit;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index 8718e57e70a1..99accd30af0e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 eb_blkno,
 			    struct buffer_head **bh);
 
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
-int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			handle_t *handle,
-			struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_insert_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 088a1b5ce9ac..de490a6d76ba 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -2591,7 +2591,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(struct inode *dir,
 {
 	int ret;
 	u64 phys_blkno;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 
 	ret = __ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(dir, cpos, handle, data_ac, dx_leaves,
 					 num_dx_leaves, &phys_blkno);
@@ -2600,7 +2599,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, et, cpos, phys_blkno, 1, 0,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, et, cpos, phys_blkno, 1, 0,
 				  meta_ac);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3094,7 +3093,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	 * This should never fail as our extent list is empty and all
 	 * related blocks have been journaled already.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 0, blkno, len,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, blkno, len,
 				  0, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3127,7 +3126,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 						      dirdata_bh);
 		} else {
 			ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&dx_et, dir, dx_root_bh);
-			ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &dx_et, 0,
+			ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &dx_et, 0,
 						  dx_insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
 			if (ret)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3147,7 +3146,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		}
 		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(dir->i_sb, bit_off);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 1,
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 1,
 					  blkno, len, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4218,8 +4217,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dx_root(struct inode *dir,
 	/* This should never fail considering we start with an empty
 	 * dx_root. */
 	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, dir, dx_root_bh);
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 0,
-				  insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 	did_quota = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 61819b208315..38db12ab848f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -4325,7 +4325,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 
 	mlog(0, "Insert %u clusters at block %llu for xattr at %u\n",
 	     num_bits, (unsigned long long)block, v_start);
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et, v_start, block,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, v_start, block,
 				  num_bits, 0, ctxt->meta_ac);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);