diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 3490feb47..dfaf218fe 100755
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2095,7 +2095,6 @@ prepend:
 				       ppath, newext);
 	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
-	path = *ppath;
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;