--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c~ocfs2-remove-redundant-assignment-to-pointer-root_bh +++ a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(h 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; + struct buffer_head *root_bh; /* * Update the counts and position values within all the