diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 11119e07233b7..87e3c70d0692b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5374,7 +5374,7 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	} else {
 		struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 
-		err = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
+		err = __ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc, 0);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)