diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 39e9cfb..cb1d7b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1353,11 +1353,13 @@
 	size_t min_offs, free;
 	int total_ino;
 	void *base, *start, *end;
-	int extra_isize = 0, error = 0, tried_min_extra_isize = 0;
+	int error = 0, tried_min_extra_isize = 0;
 	int s_min_extra_isize = le16_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_min_extra_isize);
+	int isize_diff;	/* How much do we need to grow i_extra_isize */
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 retry:
+	isize_diff = new_extra_isize - EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize;
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize >= new_extra_isize) {
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 		return 0;
@@ -1382,7 +1384,7 @@
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	free = ext4_xattr_free_space(last, &min_offs, base, &total_ino);
-	if (free >= new_extra_isize) {
+	if (free >= isize_diff) {
 		entry = IFIRST(header);
 		ext4_xattr_shift_entries(entry,	EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize
 				- new_extra_isize, (void *)raw_inode +
@@ -1414,7 +1416,7 @@
 		end = bh->b_data + bh->b_size;
 		min_offs = end - base;
 		free = ext4_xattr_free_space(first, &min_offs, base, NULL);
-		if (free < new_extra_isize) {
+		if (free < isize_diff) {
 			if (!tried_min_extra_isize && s_min_extra_isize) {
 				tried_min_extra_isize++;
 				new_extra_isize = s_min_extra_isize;
@@ -1428,7 +1430,7 @@
 		free = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	}
 
-	while (new_extra_isize > 0) {
+	while (isize_diff > 0) {
 		size_t offs, size, entry_size;
 		struct ext4_xattr_entry *small_entry = NULL;
 		struct ext4_xattr_info i = {
@@ -1459,7 +1461,7 @@
 			EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(le32_to_cpu(last->e_value_size)) +
 					EXT4_XATTR_LEN(last->e_name_len);
 			if (total_size <= free && total_size < min_total_size) {
-				if (total_size < new_extra_isize) {
+				if (total_size < isize_diff) {
 					small_entry = last;
 				} else {
 					entry = last;
@@ -1516,20 +1518,19 @@
 			goto cleanup;
 
 		entry = IFIRST(header);
-		if (entry_size + EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(size) >= new_extra_isize)
-			shift_bytes = new_extra_isize;
+		if (entry_size + EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(size) >= isize_diff)
+			shift_bytes = isize_diff;
 		else
 			shift_bytes = entry_size + size;
 		/* Adjust the offsets and shift the remaining entries ahead */
-		ext4_xattr_shift_entries(entry, EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize -
-			shift_bytes, (void *)raw_inode +
-			EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + extra_isize + shift_bytes,
+		ext4_xattr_shift_entries(entry, -shift_bytes,
+			(void *)raw_inode + EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE +
+			EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize + shift_bytes,
 			(void *)header, total_ino - entry_size,
 			inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 
-		extra_isize += shift_bytes;
-		new_extra_isize -= shift_bytes;
-		EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize = extra_isize;
+		isize_diff -= shift_bytes;
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize += shift_bytes;
 
 		i.name = b_entry_name;
 		i.value = buffer;