diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index b1cd036c650abe..51df1248437263 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5926,7 +5926,7 @@ int ext4_clu_mapped(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lclu)
 int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 			      int len, int unwritten, ext4_fsblk_t pblk)
 {
-	struct ext4_ext_path *path = NULL, *ppath;
+	struct ext4_ext_path *path;
 	struct ext4_extent *ex;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -5942,30 +5942,29 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 	if (le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) != start ||
 		ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex) != len) {
 		/* We need to split this extent to match our extent first */
-		ppath = path;
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &ppath, start, 1);
+		ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &path, start, 1);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
-		kfree(path);
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, NULL, 0);
+
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
-			return -1;
-		ppath = path;
+			return PTR_ERR(path);
 		ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 		WARN_ON(le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) != start);
+
 		if (ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex) != len) {
 			down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-			ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &ppath,
+			ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &path,
 							 start + len, 1);
 			up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
-			kfree(path);
-			path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, NULL, 0);
+
+			path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0);
 			if (IS_ERR(path))
-				return -EINVAL;
+				return PTR_ERR(path);
 			ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
 		}
 	}