diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index cabce11778fc..786b6857ab47 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ extern int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *);
 extern void ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *);
 extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *,
 				struct ext4_allocation_request *, int *);
-extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *, unsigned int);
+extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *);
 extern int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void);
 extern void ext4_exit_mballoc(void);
 extern ext4_group_t ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 01299b55a567..9106715254ac 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_trunc_restart_fn(struct inode *inode, int *dropped)
 	 * i_rwsem. So we can safely drop the i_data_sem here.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	*dropped = 1;
 	return 0;
@@ -4313,7 +4313,7 @@ got_allocated_blocks:
 			 * not a good idea to call discard here directly,
 			 * but otherwise we'd need to call it every free().
 			 */
-			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+			ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 			if (flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DELALLOC_RESERVE)
 				fb_flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_NO_QUOT_UPDATE;
 			ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, newblock,
@@ -5357,7 +5357,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	ext4_fc_mark_ineligible(sb, EXT4_FC_REASON_FALLOC_RANGE, handle);
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, punch_start, EXT_MAX_BLOCKS - punch_start);
 
 	ret = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, punch_start, punch_stop - 1);
@@ -5365,7 +5365,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 
 	ret = ext4_ext_shift_extents(inode, handle, punch_stop,
 				     punch_stop - punch_start, SHIFT_LEFT);
@@ -5497,7 +5497,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		goto out_stop;
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, offset_lblk, NULL, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 6aa15dafc677..54d6ff22585c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int ext4_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 			(atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1) &&
 			!EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks) {
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	}
 	if (is_dx(inode) && filp->private_data)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index a9f3716119d3..d8ca7f64f952 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static int ext4_ind_trunc_restart_fn(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	 * i_rwsem. So we can safely drop the i_data_sem here.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) == NULL);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	*dropped = 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 5af1b0b8680e..4cae8698f70c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if ((ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) &&
 	    !inode_is_open_for_write(inode))
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 }
 
 static int __check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *func,
@@ -4017,7 +4017,7 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	if (stop_block > first_block) {
 
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 
 		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block,
 				      stop_block - first_block);
@@ -4170,7 +4170,7 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
 		err = ext4_ext_truncate(handle, inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index aa6be510eb8f..7160a71044c8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static long swap_inode_boot_loader(struct super_block *sb,
 	ext4_reset_inode_seed(inode);
 	ext4_reset_inode_seed(inode_bl);
 
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index a8e61bb181fa..f3da7db2beee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5498,7 +5498,7 @@ out_dbg:
  *
  * FIXME!! Make sure it is valid at all the call sites
  */
-void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode, unsigned int needed)
+void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -5520,15 +5520,12 @@ void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *inode, unsigned int needed)
 	mb_debug(sb, "discard preallocation for inode %lu\n",
 		 inode->i_ino);
 	trace_ext4_discard_preallocations(inode,
-			atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active), needed);
-
-	if (needed == 0)
-		needed = UINT_MAX;
+			atomic_read(&ei->i_prealloc_active), 0);
 
 repeat:
 	/* first, collect all pa's in the inode */
 	write_lock(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
-	for (iter = rb_first(&ei->i_prealloc_node); iter && needed;
+	for (iter = rb_first(&ei->i_prealloc_node); iter;
 	     iter = rb_next(iter)) {
 		pa = rb_entry(iter, struct ext4_prealloc_space,
 			      pa_node.inode_node);
@@ -5552,7 +5549,6 @@ repeat:
 			spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
 			rb_erase(&pa->pa_node.inode_node, &ei->i_prealloc_node);
 			list_add(&pa->u.pa_tmp_list, &list);
-			needed--;
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 391efa6d4c56..7cd4afa4de1d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp, __u64 orig_blk,
 
 out:
 	if (*moved_len) {
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(orig_inode, 0);
-		ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode, 0);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(orig_inode);
+		ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode);
 	}
 
 	ext4_free_ext_path(path);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index dcba0f85dfe2..0f931d0c227d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	ext4_fc_del(inode);
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode, 0);
+	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, 0, EXT_MAX_BLOCKS);
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->jinode) {