diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 9f8bd91..89e994d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1061,11 +1061,7 @@
 
 			/* We'll also be dirtied by the caller, so
 			 * this isn't absolutely necessary. */
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[i]);
-			if (status < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(status);
-				goto bail;
-			}
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[i]);
 		}
 
 		count += num_got;
@@ -1270,12 +1266,7 @@
 		if (!eb_el->l_tree_depth)
 			new_last_eb_blk = le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 		next_blkno = le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno);
 	}
 
@@ -1321,17 +1312,10 @@
 	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) (*last_eb_bh)->b_data;
 	eb->h_next_leaf_blk = cpu_to_le64(new_last_eb_blk);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *last_eb_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-	if (eb_bh) {
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *last_eb_bh);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
+	if (eb_bh)
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bh);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some callers want to track the rightmost leaf so pass it
@@ -1399,11 +1383,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
 		eb_el->l_recs[i] = root_el->l_recs[i];
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_eb_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_eb_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1428,11 +1408,7 @@
 	if (root_el->l_tree_depth == cpu_to_le16(1))
 		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	*ret_new_eb_bh = new_eb_bh;
 	new_eb_bh = NULL;
@@ -2064,7 +2040,7 @@
 				       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				       int subtree_index)
 {
-	int ret, i, idx;
+	int i, idx;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
 	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
@@ -2102,13 +2078,8 @@
 		ocfs2_adjust_adjacent_records(left_rec, left_el, right_rec,
 					      right_el);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_path->p_node[i].bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_path->p_node[i].bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_path->p_node[i].bh);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_path->p_node[i].bh);
 
 		/*
 		 * Setup our list pointers now so that the current
@@ -2132,9 +2103,7 @@
 
 	root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle_t *handle,
@@ -2207,11 +2176,7 @@
 
 	ocfs2_create_empty_extent(right_el);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_leaf_bh);
 
 	/* Do the copy now. */
 	i = le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
@@ -2230,11 +2195,7 @@
 	memset(&left_el->l_recs[0], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
 	le16_add_cpu(&left_el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_leaf_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
 				   subtree_index);
@@ -2823,12 +2784,8 @@
 		ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(right_leaf_el);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
 
 	if (del_right_subtree) {
 		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(handle, et, left_path, right_path,
@@ -2851,9 +2808,7 @@
 		if (right_has_empty)
 			ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(left_leaf_el);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et_root_bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et_root_bh);
 
 		*deleted = 1;
 	} else
@@ -2962,10 +2917,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(el);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -3506,15 +3458,9 @@
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	if (right_path) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
 		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
 					   subtree_index);
 	}
@@ -3683,14 +3629,9 @@
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	if (left_path) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
 
 		/*
 		 * In the situation that the right_rec is empty and the extent
@@ -4016,10 +3957,7 @@
 		le32_add_cpu(&rec->e_int_clusters,
 			     -le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos));
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4251,17 +4189,13 @@
 		 * dirty this for us.
 		 */
 		if (left_path)
-			ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-						  path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-			if (ret)
-				mlog_errno(ret);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
+					    path_leaf_bh(left_path));
 	} else
 		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(et, insert_rec, path_leaf_el(right_path),
 				     insert);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
 
 	if (left_path) {
 		/*
@@ -4384,9 +4318,7 @@
 		ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et,
 					 le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
@@ -4895,11 +4827,7 @@
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	clusters_to_add -= num_bits;
 	*logical_offset += num_bits;
@@ -5724,11 +5652,7 @@
 
 	ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et, -len);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, phys_blkno, len);
 	if (ret)
@@ -5850,11 +5774,7 @@
 	}
 	tl->tl_recs[index].t_clusters = cpu_to_le32(num_clusters);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
@@ -5893,11 +5813,7 @@
 
 		tl->tl_used = cpu_to_le16(i);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
 
 		/* TODO: Perhaps we can calculate the bulk of the
 		 * credits up front rather than extending like
@@ -6824,11 +6740,7 @@
 		}
 
 delete:
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (ret) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 		mlog(0, "extent list container %llu, after: record %d: "
 		     "(%u, %u, %llu), next = %u.\n",
@@ -6959,22 +6871,14 @@
 	} else if (last_eb)
 		fe->i_last_eb_blk = last_eb->h_blkno;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	if (last_eb) {
 		/* If there will be a new last extent block, then by
 		 * definition, there cannot be any leaves to the right of
 		 * him. */
 		last_eb->h_next_leaf_blk = 0;
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, last_eb_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, last_eb_bh);
 	}
 
 	if (delete_blk) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index efd77d0..6d83248 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
 			else
 				de->inode = 0;
 			dir->i_version++;
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@
 				ocfs2_recalc_free_list(dir, handle, lookup);
 
 			dir->i_version++;
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, insert_bh);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, insert_bh);
 			retval = 0;
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -2297,12 +2297,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_fill_initial_dirents(inode, parent, data->id_data, size);
-
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	i_size_write(inode, size);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
@@ -2366,11 +2361,7 @@
 		ocfs2_init_dir_trailer(inode, new_bh, size);
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 	i_size_write(inode, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
@@ -2458,10 +2449,7 @@
 		dx_root->dr_list.l_count =
 			cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_dx_root(osb->sb));
 	}
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
@@ -2475,9 +2463,7 @@
 	OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_INDEXED_DIR_FL;
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_dyn_features);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	*ret_dx_root_bh = dx_root_bh;
 	dx_root_bh = NULL;
@@ -3034,11 +3020,7 @@
 		ocfs2_init_dir_trailer(dir, dirdata_bh, i);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dirdata_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dirdata_bh);
 
 	if (ocfs2_supports_indexed_dirs(osb) && !dx_inline) {
 		/*
@@ -3104,11 +3086,7 @@
 	 */
 	dir->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(dir);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	if (ocfs2_supports_indexed_dirs(osb)) {
 		ret = ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(osb, handle, dir, di_bh,
@@ -3423,11 +3401,7 @@
 	} else {
 		de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(sb->s_blocksize);
 	}
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 	dir_i_size += dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	i_size_write(dir, dir_i_size);
@@ -3906,11 +3880,7 @@
 	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_dx_entry), dx_leaf_sort_cmp,
 	     dx_leaf_sort_swap);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_leaf_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_dx_dir_find_leaf_split(dx_leaf, leaf_cpos, insert_hash,
 					   &split_hash);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 17947dc..e6e8281 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@
 	inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	di->i_atime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_atime.tv_sec);
 	di->i_atime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_atime.tv_nsec);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
@@ -430,9 +427,7 @@
 	di->i_ctime = di->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 	di->i_ctime_nsec = di->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
@@ -666,11 +661,7 @@
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
 	clusters_to_add -= (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters - prev_clusters);
@@ -1194,9 +1185,7 @@
 	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
 	di->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out_trans:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 278a223..7cc0b46 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -657,12 +657,7 @@
 
 	di->i_dtime = cpu_to_le64(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec);
 	di->i_flags &= cpu_to_le32(~(OCFS2_VALID_FL | OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL));
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
 	dquot_free_inode(inode);
@@ -1276,13 +1271,8 @@
 	fe->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
 	fe->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	status = 0;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 leave:
-
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 9336c60..cfd271c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -734,8 +734,7 @@
 	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, NULL, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
-			struct buffer_head *bh)
+void ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int status;
 
@@ -743,13 +742,9 @@
 		   (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 
 	status = jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not dirty metadata buffer. "
-		     "(bh->b_blocknr=%llu)\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+	BUG_ON(status);
 
-	mlog_exit(status);
-	return status;
+	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
 #define OCFS2_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL	(HZ * JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 3f74e09..7dc56561 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@
  *	<modify the bh>
  * 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
  */
-int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
-					 struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 /*
  *  Credit Macros:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index c983715..7e7dd65 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -305,12 +305,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(alloc);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	brelse(bh);
 	osb->local_alloc_bh = NULL;
@@ -691,14 +686,8 @@
 		ocfs2_set_bit(start++, bitmap);
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used, *num_bits);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
-	status = 0;
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1169,12 +1158,7 @@
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(alloc);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(osb, handle, alloc_copy,
 					  main_bm_inode, main_bm_bh);
@@ -1192,7 +1176,6 @@
 
 	atomic_inc(&osb->alloc_stats.moves);
 
-	status = 0;
 bail:
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index d9cd4e3..21d4a33 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -384,11 +384,7 @@
 			goto leave;
 		}
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(dirfe, 1);
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, parent_fe_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto leave;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, parent_fe_bh);
 		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
@@ -556,11 +552,7 @@
 		fel->l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(osb->sb));
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *new_fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *new_fe_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 1);
 	ocfs2_ci_set_new(osb, INODE_CACHE(inode));
@@ -694,14 +686,7 @@
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
 	fe->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 	fe->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
-
-	err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		ocfs2_add_links_count(fe, -1);
-		drop_nlink(inode);
-		mlog_errno(err);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	err = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
 			      OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
@@ -898,12 +883,7 @@
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 	drop_nlink(inode);
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
@@ -1321,12 +1301,7 @@
 			ocfs2_set_links_count(newfe, 0);
 		else
 			ocfs2_add_links_count(newfe, -1);
-
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, newfe_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, newfe_bh);
 	} else {
 		/* if the name was not found in new_dir, add it now */
 		status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, new_dentry, old_inode,
@@ -1345,10 +1320,7 @@
 
 		old_di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(old_inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 		old_di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(old_inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
-
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_inode_bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_inode_bh);
 	} else
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -1420,7 +1392,7 @@
 							 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) old_dir_bh->b_data;
 			ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, old_dir->i_nlink);
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_dir_bh);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_dir_bh);
 		}
 	}
 	ocfs2_dentry_move(old_dentry, new_dentry, old_dir, new_dir);
@@ -1552,11 +1524,7 @@
 		       (bytes_left > sb->s_blocksize) ? sb->s_blocksize :
 		       bytes_left);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[virtual]);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[virtual]);
 
 		virtual++;
 		p_blkno++;
@@ -1943,12 +1911,7 @@
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(orphan_fe, 1);
 	orphan_dir_inode->i_nlink = ocfs2_read_links_count(orphan_fe);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
 
 	status = __ocfs2_add_entry(handle, orphan_dir_inode, name,
 				   OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN, inode,
@@ -2029,12 +1992,7 @@
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(orphan_fe, -1);
 	orphan_dir_inode->i_nlink = ocfs2_read_links_count(orphan_fe);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
 
 leave:
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&lookup);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index 355f41d..faaa4d0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -260,10 +260,8 @@
 		brelse(bh);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	brelse(bh);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out;
 out:
 	if (err) {
 		mutex_unlock(&gqinode->i_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
index a6467f3..a8f4cea 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -118,12 +118,8 @@
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	modify(bh, private);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
-		return status;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+
 	status = ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -522,9 +518,7 @@
 			ocfs2_clear_bit(bit, dchunk->dqc_bitmap);
 			le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, 1);
 			unlock_buffer(qbh);
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, qbh);
-			if (status < 0)
-				mlog_errno(status);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, qbh);
 out_commit:
 			mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqio_mutex);
 			ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
@@ -630,9 +624,7 @@
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		ldinfo->dqi_flags = cpu_to_le32(flags | OLQF_CLEAN);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 out_trans:
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 out_bh:
@@ -1008,11 +1000,7 @@
 	       sb->s_blocksize - sizeof(struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk) -
 	       OCFS2_QBLK_RESERVED_SPACE);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	/* Initialize new block with structures */
 	down_read(&OCFS2_I(lqinode)->ip_alloc_sem);
@@ -1039,11 +1027,7 @@
 	lock_buffer(dbh);
 	memset(dbh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize - OCFS2_QBLK_RESERVED_SPACE);
 	unlock_buffer(dbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dbh);
 
 	/* Update local quotafile info */
 	oinfo->dqi_blocks += 2;
@@ -1154,11 +1138,8 @@
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+
 	/* Update chunk header */
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode),
 					 chunk->qc_headerbh,
@@ -1172,11 +1153,8 @@
 	lock_buffer(chunk->qc_headerbh);
 	le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, ol_quota_entries_per_block(sb));
 	unlock_buffer(chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, chunk->qc_headerbh);
+
 	/* Update file header */
 	oinfo->dqi_blocks++;
 	status = ocfs2_local_write_info(sb, type);
@@ -1311,12 +1289,8 @@
 	ocfs2_clear_bit(offset, dchunk->dqc_bitmap);
 	le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, 1);
 	unlock_buffer(od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	status = 0;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
+
 out:
 	/* Clear the read bit so that next time someone uses this
 	 * dquot he reads fresh info from disk and allocates local
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 29405f2..4b0b4eb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -1269,9 +1269,7 @@
 	} else if (merge)
 		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1803,11 +1801,7 @@
 	if (merge)
 		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 
 	if (index == 0) {
 		ret = ocfs2_adjust_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
@@ -1978,9 +1972,7 @@
 			ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 
 out:
 	brelse(new_bh);
@@ -3041,11 +3033,7 @@
 		}
 
 		memcpy(new_bh->b_data, old_bh->b_data, sb->s_blocksize);
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
-		if (ret) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			break;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 		brelse(new_bh);
 		brelse(old_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 3c3d673..a821f66 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@
 		le16_add_cpu(&group->bg_free_bits_count, -1 * backups);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 	/* update the inode accordingly. */
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(bm_inode), bm_bh,
@@ -545,12 +541,7 @@
 
 	group = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *)group_bh->b_data;
 	group->bg_next_group = cr->c_blkno;
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(main_bm_inode),
 				      main_bm_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 19ba00f..d4babfb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -369,9 +369,7 @@
 	ocfs2_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)bg->bg_bitmap);
 	bg->bg_free_bits_count = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_bits) - 1);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
 
 	/* There is no need to zero out or otherwise initialize the
 	 * other blocks in a group - All valid FS metadata in a block
@@ -506,11 +504,7 @@
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->id1.bitmap1.i_total, le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_bits));
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->i_clusters, le16_to_cpu(cl->cl_cpg));
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_lock);
 	OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
@@ -1129,16 +1123,10 @@
 	}
 
 	le16_add_cpu(&bg->bg_free_bits_count, -num_bits);
-
 	while(num_bits--)
 		ocfs2_set_bit(bit_off++, bitmap);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-				     group_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
@@ -1202,12 +1190,7 @@
 	}
 
 	prev_bg->bg_next_group = bg->bg_next_group;
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, prev_bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, prev_bg_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 bg_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1217,12 +1200,7 @@
 	}
 
 	bg->bg_next_group = fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno;
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 fe_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1232,14 +1210,8 @@
 	}
 
 	fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno = bg->bg_blkno;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
-
-	status = 0;
 out_rollback:
 	if (status < 0) {
 		fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno = cpu_to_le64(fe_ptr);
@@ -1386,10 +1358,7 @@
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(di->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	di->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(num_bits + tmp_used);
 	le32_add_cpu(&cl->cl_recs[chain].c_free, -num_bits);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -1560,13 +1529,7 @@
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(*num_bits + tmp_used);
 	le32_add_cpu(&cl->cl_recs[chain].c_free, -(*num_bits));
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-				     ac->ac_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ac->ac_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_block_group_set_bits(handle,
 					    alloc_inode,
@@ -2023,9 +1986,7 @@
 	if (undo_fn)
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(group_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 bail:
 	return status;
 }
@@ -2092,12 +2053,7 @@
 		     count);
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(tmp_used - count);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, alloc_bh);
 
 bail:
 	brelse(group_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 3e77730..4cf6fde 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -739,11 +739,7 @@
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
 
 	clusters_to_add -= le32_to_cpu(vb->vb_xv->xr_clusters) - prev_clusters;
 
@@ -786,12 +782,7 @@
 	}
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&vb->vb_xv->xr_clusters, -len);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
 
 	if (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)
 		ret = ocfs2_decrease_refcount(inode, handle,
@@ -1374,11 +1365,7 @@
 				memset(bh->b_data + cp_len, 0,
 				       blocksize - cp_len);
 
-			ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-				goto out;
-			}
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 			brelse(bh);
 			bh = NULL;
 
@@ -2594,9 +2581,7 @@
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
 out:
@@ -2724,9 +2709,7 @@
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(ctxt->handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(ctxt->handle, di_bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -5153,9 +5136,7 @@
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 
 leave:
 	return ret;
@@ -5477,12 +5458,7 @@
 	}
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_clusters, -len);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, blkno, len);
 	if (ret)