size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
        handle_t *handle;
        struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
-       struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *wb = NULL;
 
        /*
         * In order to make the operation more efficient and generic,
                goto out;
        }
 
-       wb = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_new(inode);
-       if (!wb) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(wb, blkno);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
-
        buf = bucket_buf;
-       for (i = 0; i < wb->bu_blocks; i++, buf += blocksize)
-               memcpy(buf, bucket_block(wb, i), blocksize);
+       for (i = 0; i < bucket->bu_blocks; i++, buf += blocksize)
+               memcpy(buf, bucket_block(bucket, i), blocksize);
 
-       handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)), wb->bu_blocks);
+       handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)), bucket->bu_blocks);
        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
                handle = NULL;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle, wb,
+       ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle, bucket,
                                                OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
        if (ret < 0) {
                mlog_errno(ret);
             cmp_xe, swap_xe);
 
        buf = bucket_buf;
-       for (i = 0; i < wb->bu_blocks; i++, buf += blocksize)
-               memcpy(bucket_block(wb, i), buf, blocksize);
-       ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_dirty(handle, wb);
+       for (i = 0; i < bucket->bu_blocks; i++, buf += blocksize)
+               memcpy(bucket_block(bucket, i), buf, blocksize);
+       ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_dirty(handle, bucket);
 
 commit:
        ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
 out:
-       ocfs2_xattr_bucket_free(wb);
        kfree(bucket_buf);
        return ret;
 }