diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index e6674504ca2a..648ea9ccf65e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ extern int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *, struct inode *,
 extern struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_find_extent(struct inode *, ext4_lblk_t,
 					      struct ext4_ext_path **,
 					      int flags);
-extern void ext4_ext_drop_refs(struct ext4_ext_path *);
+extern void ext4_free_ext_path(struct ext4_ext_path *);
 extern int ext4_ext_check_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern ext4_lblk_t ext4_ext_next_allocated_block(struct ext4_ext_path *path);
 extern int ext4_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index c148bb97b527..4653acfa1723 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -106,6 +106,25 @@ static int ext4_ext_trunc_restart_fn(struct inode *inode, int *dropped)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ext4_ext_drop_refs(struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+{
+	int depth, i;
+
+	if (!path)
+		return;
+	depth = path->p_depth;
+	for (i = 0; i <= depth; i++, path++) {
+		brelse(path->p_bh);
+		path->p_bh = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void ext4_free_ext_path(struct ext4_ext_path *path)
+{
+	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
+	kfree(path);
+}
+
 /*
  * Make sure 'handle' has at least 'check_cred' credits. If not, restart
  * transaction with 'restart_cred' credits. The function drops i_data_sem
@@ -632,8 +651,7 @@ int ext4_ext_precache(struct inode *inode)
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_PRECACHED);
 out:
 	up_read(&ei->i_data_sem);
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -720,19 +738,6 @@ static void ext4_ext_show_move(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path,
 #define ext4_ext_show_move(inode, path, newblock, level)
 #endif
 
-void ext4_ext_drop_refs(struct ext4_ext_path *path)
-{
-	int depth, i;
-
-	if (!path)
-		return;
-	depth = path->p_depth;
-	for (i = 0; i <= depth; i++, path++) {
-		brelse(path->p_bh);
-		path->p_bh = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * ext4_ext_binsearch_idx:
  * binary search for the closest index of the given block
@@ -951,8 +956,7 @@ ext4_find_extent(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 	return path;
 
 err:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	if (orig_path)
 		*orig_path = NULL;
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -2170,8 +2174,7 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + path->p_depth);
 
 cleanup:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(npath);
-	kfree(npath);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(npath);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -3057,8 +3060,7 @@ int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	path = NULL;
 	if (err == -EAGAIN)
 		goto again;
@@ -4371,8 +4373,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	allocated = map->m_len;
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 
 	trace_ext4_ext_map_blocks_exit(inode, flags, map,
 				       err ? err : allocated);
@@ -5241,8 +5242,7 @@ ext4_ext_shift_extents(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			break;
 	}
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5534,15 +5534,13 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 					EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_METADATA_NOFAIL);
 		}
 
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 			goto out_stop;
 		}
 	} else {
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	}
 
 	ret = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, offset_lblk,
@@ -5762,10 +5760,8 @@ ext4_swap_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode1,
 		count -= len;
 
 	repeat:
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path1);
-		kfree(path1);
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path2);
-		kfree(path2);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path1);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path2);
 		path1 = path2 = NULL;
 	}
 	return replaced_count;
@@ -5844,8 +5840,7 @@ int ext4_clu_mapped(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lclu)
 	}
 
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 
 	return err ? err : mapped;
 }
@@ -5912,8 +5907,7 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 	ret = ext4_ext_dirty(NULL, inode, &path[path->p_depth]);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -5931,8 +5925,7 @@ void ext4_ext_replay_shrink_inode(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t end)
 			return;
 		ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 		if (!ex) {
-			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-			kfree(path);
+			ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -5945,8 +5938,7 @@ void ext4_ext_replay_shrink_inode(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t end)
 		ext4_ext_dirty(NULL, inode, &path[path->p_depth]);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -5985,13 +5977,11 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks(struct inode *inode)
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 	if (!ex) {
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	end = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 
 	/* Count the number of data blocks */
 	cur = 0;
@@ -6021,30 +6011,26 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		goto out;
 	numblks += path->p_depth;
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	while (cur < end) {
 		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, cur, NULL, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			break;
 		ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 		if (!ex) {
-			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-			kfree(path);
+			ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		cur = max(cur + 1, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) +
 					ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
 		ret = skip_hole(inode, &cur);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-			kfree(path);
+			ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			break;
 		}
 		path2 = ext4_find_extent(inode, cur, NULL, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(path2)) {
-			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-			kfree(path);
+			ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			break;
 		}
 		for (i = 0; i <= max(path->p_depth, path2->p_depth); i++) {
@@ -6058,10 +6044,8 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks(struct inode *inode)
 			if (cmp1 != cmp2 && cmp2 != 0)
 				numblks++;
 		}
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path2);
-		kfree(path);
-		kfree(path2);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path2);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -6088,13 +6072,11 @@ int ext4_ext_clear_bb(struct inode *inode)
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 	if (!ex) {
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	end = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 
 	cur = 0;
 	while (cur < end) {
@@ -6113,8 +6095,7 @@ int ext4_ext_clear_bb(struct inode *inode)
 					ext4_fc_record_regions(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino,
 							0, path[j].p_block, 1, 1);
 				}
-				ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-				kfree(path);
+				ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			}
 			ext4_mb_mark_bb(inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk, map.m_len, 0);
 			ext4_fc_record_regions(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
index 23167efda95e..cd0a861853e3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ static void ext4_es_insert_extent_ext_check(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 }
 
 static void ext4_es_insert_extent_ind_check(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 067969f342eb..085cca17d72f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1776,8 +1776,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
 			ret = ext4_ext_insert_extent(
 				NULL, inode, &path, &newex, 0);
 			up_write((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
-			ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-			kfree(path);
+			ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
 			goto next;
@@ -1932,8 +1931,7 @@ static void ext4_fc_set_bitmaps_and_counters(struct super_block *sb)
 					for (j = 0; j < path->p_depth; j++)
 						ext4_mb_mark_bb(inode->i_sb,
 							path[j].p_block, 1, 1);
-					ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-					kfree(path);
+					ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 				}
 				cur += ret;
 				ext4_mb_mark_bb(inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 54e7d3c95fd7..0a220ec9862d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ static int finish_range(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	retval = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, &path, &newext, 0);
 err_out:
 	up_write((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	lb->first_pblock = 0;
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 782bbda2a717..1f314eb6917d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ get_ext_path(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock,
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	if (path[ext_depth(inode)].p_ext == NULL) {
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		*ppath = NULL;
 		return -ENODATA;
 	}
@@ -106,8 +105,7 @@ mext_check_coverage(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t from, ext4_lblk_t count,
 	}
 	ret = 1;
 out:
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -693,8 +691,7 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp, __u64 orig_blk,
 		ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode, 0);
 	}
 
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 	ext4_double_up_write_data_sem(orig_inode, donor_inode);
 	unlock_two_nondirectories(orig_inode, donor_inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/verity.c b/fs/ext4/verity.c
index b051d19b5c8a..20cadfb740dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/verity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/verity.c
@@ -298,16 +298,14 @@ static int ext4_get_verity_descriptor_location(struct inode *inode,
 	last_extent = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 	if (!last_extent) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "verity file has no extents");
-		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-		kfree(path);
+		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
 
 	end_lblk = le32_to_cpu(last_extent->ee_block) +
 		   ext4_ext_get_actual_len(last_extent);
 	desc_size_pos = (u64)end_lblk << inode->i_blkbits;
-	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-	kfree(path);
+	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
 
 	if (desc_size_pos < sizeof(desc_size_disk))
 		goto bad;
