diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2f082abf4992..2e56903e8d53 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4860,9 +4860,6 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
-	err = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * Now we need to zero out the non-page-aligned data in the
@@ -4948,7 +4945,6 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 
 out:
-	ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);