diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index a9c66d4..bfa59a1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -4150,6 +4150,19 @@ xfs_bmapi_read(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add a delayed allocation extent to an inode. Blocks are reserved from the
+ * global pool and the extent inserted into the inode in-core extent tree.
+ *
+ * On entry, got refers to the first extent beyond the offset of the extent to
+ * allocate or eof is specified if no such extent exists. On return, got refers
+ * to the extent record that was inserted to the inode fork.
+ *
+ * Note that the allocated extent may have been merged with contiguous extents
+ * during insertion into the inode fork. Thus, got does not reflect the current
+ * state of the inode fork on return. If necessary, the caller can use lastx to
+ * look up the updated record in the inode fork.
+ */
 int
 xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
@@ -4236,13 +4249,8 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	got->br_startblock = nullstartblock(indlen);
 	got->br_blockcount = alen;
 	got->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
-	xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay(ip, whichfork, lastx, got);
 
-	/*
-	 * Update our extent pointer, given that xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay
-	 * might have merged it into one of the neighbouring ones.
-	 */
-	xfs_bmbt_get_all(xfs_iext_get_ext(ifp, *lastx), got);
+	xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay(ip, whichfork, lastx, got);
 
 	/*
 	 * Tag the inode if blocks were preallocated. Note that COW fork
@@ -4254,10 +4262,6 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
 	if (whichfork == XFS_COW_FORK && (prealloc || aoff < off || alen > len))
 		xfs_inode_set_cowblocks_tag(ip);
 
-	ASSERT(got->br_startoff <= aoff);
-	ASSERT(got->br_startoff + got->br_blockcount >= aoff + alen);
-	ASSERT(isnullstartblock(got->br_startblock));
-	ASSERT(got->br_state == XFS_EXT_NORM);
 	return 0;
 
 out_unreserve_blocks: