Index: linux-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8/fs/ext4/xattr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8.orig/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ linux-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2318,10 +2318,6 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle,
 						   flags & XATTR_CREATE);
 		brelse(bh);
 
-		if (jbd2_handle_buffer_credits(handle) < credits) {
-			error = -ENOSPC;
-			goto cleanup;
-		}
 	}
 
 	error = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &is.iloc);