diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 3d31ad486a0c..c3a4c7eae0b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5884,18 +5884,19 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			       ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count,
 			       int flags)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
+	struct ext4_mark_context mc = {
+		.handle = handle,
+		.sb = inode->i_sb,
+		.state = 0,
+	};
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
 	unsigned int overflow;
 	ext4_grpblk_t bit;
-	struct buffer_head *gd_bh;
 	ext4_group_t block_group;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct ext4_buddy e4b;
 	unsigned int count_clusters;
 	int err = 0;
-	int ret;
 
 	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
@@ -5927,18 +5928,6 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
 		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	}
-	count_clusters = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, count);
-	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;
-	}
-	gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, &gd_bh);
-	if (!gdp) {
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto error_return;
-	}
 
 	if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED) &&
 	    !ext4_inode_block_valid(inode, block, count)) {
@@ -5948,28 +5937,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		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);
-	if (err)
-		goto error_return;
-#ifdef AGGRESSIVE_CHECK
-	{
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < count_clusters; i++)
-			BUG_ON(!mb_test_bit(bit + i, bitmap_bh->b_data));
-	}
-#endif
+	count_clusters = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, count);
 	trace_ext4_mballoc_free(sb, inode, block_group, bit, count_clusters);
 
 	/* __GFP_NOFAIL: retry infinitely, ignore TIF_MEMDIE and memcg limit. */
@@ -5978,6 +5946,23 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (err)
 		goto error_return;
 
+#ifdef AGGRESSIVE_CHECK
+	err = ext4_mb_mark_group_bb(&mc, block_group, bit, count_clusters,
+				    EXT4_MB_BITMAP_MARKED_CHECK);
+#else
+	err = ext4_mb_mark_group_bb(&mc, block_group, bit, count_clusters,
+				    0);
+#endif
+
+	if (err && mc.changed == 0) {
+		ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
+		goto error_return;
+	}
+
+#ifdef AGGRESSIVE_CHECK
+	BUG_ON(mc.changed != count_clusters);
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to make sure we don't reuse the freed block until after the
 	 * transaction is committed. We make an exception if the inode is to be
@@ -6000,7 +5985,6 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		new_entry->efd_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
 
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
-		mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters);
 		ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle, &e4b, new_entry);
 	} else {
 		/* need to update group_info->bb_free and bitmap
@@ -6019,23 +6003,11 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(e4b.bd_info);
 
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
-		mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters);
 		mb_free_blocks(inode, &e4b, bit, count_clusters);
 	}
 
-	ret = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) + count_clusters;
-	ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp, ret);
-	ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, gdp, bitmap_bh);
-	ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp);
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 
-	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
-		ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
-		atomic64_add(count_clusters,
-			     &sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
-						  flex_group)->free_clusters);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * on a bigalloc file system, defer the s_freeclusters_counter
 	 * update to the caller (ext4_remove_space and friends) so they
@@ -6050,26 +6022,14 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	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;
-
 	if (overflow && !err) {
 		block += count;
 		count = overflow;
-		put_bh(bitmap_bh);
 		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
 		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 		goto do_more;
 	}
 error_return:
-	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	ext4_std_error(sb, err);
 	return;
 }
