+diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
+index 1ed737f..77e2fb3 100644
+--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
++++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
+@@ -2276,9 +2276,10 @@ static int ext4_remove_blocks(handle_t *handle,
+ unsigned short ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
+ int i, metadata = 0, flags =0;
+
+- if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
++ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+ metadata = 1;
+ flags = EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA;
++ }
+ #ifdef EXTENTS_STATS
+ {
+ struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);