diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index 56d258c18303..7177f9b21cb2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -254,13 +254,6 @@ static inline void ext4_handle_sync(handle_t *handle)
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
 }
 
-static inline void ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle_t *handle,
-						struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle))
-		jbd2_journal_release_buffer(handle, bh);
-}
-
 static inline int ext4_handle_is_aborted(handle_t *handle)
 {
 	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 47bf06a2765d..d99387b89edd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb_bh);
 	if (unlikely(err))
-		goto exit_sbh;
+		goto exit_dind;
 
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dind);
 	if (unlikely(err))
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	/* ext4_reserve_inode_write() gets a reference on the iloc */
 	err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
 	if (unlikely(err))
-		goto exit_dindj;
+		goto exit_dind;
 
 	n_group_desc = ext4_kvmalloc((gdb_num + 1) *
 				     sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
@@ -846,12 +846,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 exit_inode:
 	ext4_kvfree(n_group_desc);
-	/* ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, iloc.bh); */
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
-exit_dindj:
-	/* ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, dind); */
-exit_sbh:
-	/* ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh); */
 exit_dind:
 	brelse(dind);
 exit_bh:
@@ -969,14 +964,8 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < reserved_gdb; i++) {
-		if ((err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, primary[i]))) {
-			/*
-			int j;
-			for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
-				ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, primary[j]);
-			 */
+		if ((err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, primary[i])))
 			goto exit_bh;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if ((err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc)))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 2cdb98d62980..b1adda1b750d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			int offset = (char *)s->here - bs->bh->b_data;
 
 			unlock_buffer(bs->bh);
-			ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, bs->bh);
 			if (ce) {
 				mb_cache_entry_release(ce);
 				ce = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 484b8d1c6cb6..dbf41f9452db 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_get_create_access);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_get_undo_access);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_set_triggers);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_release_buffer);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_forget);
 #if 0
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_sync_buffer);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index a74ba4659549..deffd945c8e2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1207,17 +1207,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * jbd2_journal_release_buffer: undo a get_write_access without any buffer
- * updates, if the update decided in the end that it didn't need access.
- *
- */
-void
-jbd2_journal_release_buffer(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "entry");
-}
-
 /**
  * void jbd2_journal_forget() - bforget() for potentially-journaled buffers.
  * @handle: transaction handle
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 3efc43f3f162..de7f55682088 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1096,7 +1096,6 @@ extern int	 jbd2_journal_get_undo_access(handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
 void		 jbd2_journal_set_triggers(struct buffer_head *,
 					   struct jbd2_buffer_trigger_type *type);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata (handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
-extern void	 jbd2_journal_release_buffer (handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern int	 jbd2_journal_forget (handle_t *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern void	 journal_sync_buffer (struct buffer_head *);
 extern void	 jbd2_journal_invalidatepage(journal_t *,