diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index c3a4c7eae0b1..64860341ef2d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -6149,23 +6149,23 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 int ext4_group_add_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 			 ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
-	struct buffer_head *gd_bh;
+	struct ext4_mark_context mc = {
+		.handle = handle,
+		.sb = sb,
+		.state = 0,
+	};
 	ext4_group_t block_group;
 	ext4_grpblk_t bit;
-	unsigned int i;
-	struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_buddy e4b;
-	int err = 0, ret, free_clusters_count;
-	ext4_grpblk_t clusters_freed;
+	int err = 0;
 	ext4_fsblk_t first_cluster = EXT4_B2C(sbi, block);
 	ext4_fsblk_t last_cluster = EXT4_B2C(sbi, block + count - 1);
 	unsigned long cluster_count = last_cluster - first_cluster + 1;
 
 	ext4_debug("Adding block(s) %llu-%llu\n", block, block + count - 1);
 
-	if (count == 0)
+	if (cluster_count == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &block_group, &bit);
@@ -6180,19 +6180,6 @@ int ext4_group_add_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, block_group);
-	if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
-		bitmap_bh = NULL;
-		goto error_return;
-	}
-
-	desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, &gd_bh);
-	if (!desc) {
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto error_return;
-	}
-
 	if (!ext4_sb_block_valid(sb, NULL, block, count)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Adding blocks in system zones - "
 			   "Block = %llu, count = %lu",
@@ -6201,75 +6188,35 @@ int ext4_group_add_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "getting write access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sb, bitmap_bh,
-					    EXT4_JTR_NONE);
-	if (err)
-		goto error_return;
-
-	/*
-	 * We are about to modify some metadata.  Call the journal APIs
-	 * to unshare ->b_data if a currently-committing transaction is
-	 * using it
-	 */
-	BUFFER_TRACE(gd_bh, "get_write_access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sb, gd_bh, EXT4_JTR_NONE);
+	err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, block_group, &e4b);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_return;
 
-	for (i = 0, clusters_freed = 0; i < cluster_count; i++) {
-		BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "clear bit");
-		if (!mb_test_bit(bit + i, bitmap_bh->b_data)) {
-			ext4_error(sb, "bit already cleared for block %llu",
-				   (ext4_fsblk_t)(block + i));
-			BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "bit already cleared");
-		} else {
-			clusters_freed++;
-		}
-	}
+	err = ext4_mb_mark_group_bb(&mc, block_group, bit, cluster_count,
+				    EXT4_MB_BITMAP_MARKED_CHECK);
 
-	err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, block_group, &e4b);
-	if (err)
+	if (err && mc.changed == 0) {
+		ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 		goto error_return;
+	}
 
+	if (mc.changed != cluster_count)
+		ext4_error(sb, "bit already cleared in group %u",
+			   block_group);
 	/*
 	 * need to update group_info->bb_free and bitmap
 	 * with group lock held. generate_buddy look at
 	 * them with group lock_held
 	 */
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
-	mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, cluster_count);
 	mb_free_blocks(NULL, &e4b, bit, cluster_count);
-	free_clusters_count = clusters_freed +
-		ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, desc);
-	ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, desc, free_clusters_count);
-	ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, desc, bitmap_bh);
-	ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, desc);
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 	percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter,
-			   clusters_freed);
-
-	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
-		ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
-		atomic64_add(clusters_freed,
-			     &sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
-						  flex_group)->free_clusters);
-	}
+			   mc.changed);
 
 	ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 
-	/* We dirtied the bitmap block */
-	BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "dirtied bitmap block");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bitmap_bh);
-
-	/* And the group descriptor block */
-	BUFFER_TRACE(gd_bh, "dirtied group descriptor block");
-	ret = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, gd_bh);
-	if (!err)
-		err = ret;
-
 error_return:
-	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	ext4_std_error(sb, err);
 	return err;
 }
