en = next_ex;
        }
 
-       if (en) {
-               __try_update_largest_extent(et, en);
-               et->cached_en = en;
-       }
+       if (!en)
+               return NULL;
+
+       __try_update_largest_extent(et, en);
+       et->cached_en = en;
+
+       spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
+       if (!list_empty(&en->list))
+               list_move_tail(&en->list, &sbi->extent_list);
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
        return en;
 }
 
 
        __try_update_largest_extent(et, en);
        et->cached_en = en;
+
+       /* update in global extent list */
+       spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
+       list_add_tail(&en->list, &sbi->extent_list);
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
        return en;
 }
 
                        insert_p = NULL;
                        insert_parent = NULL;
                }
-
-               /* update in global extent list */
-               spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
-               if (en1)
-                       list_add_tail(&en1->list, &sbi->extent_list);
-               spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
-
                en = next_en;
        }
 
        if (blkaddr) {
 
                set_extent_info(&ei, fofs, blkaddr, len);
-               en1 = __try_merge_extent_node(sbi, et, &ei, prev_en, next_en);
-               if (!en1)
-                       en1 = __insert_extent_tree(sbi, et, &ei,
+               if (!__try_merge_extent_node(sbi, et, &ei, prev_en, next_en))
+                       __insert_extent_tree(sbi, et, &ei,
                                                insert_p, insert_parent);
 
                /* give up extent_cache, if split and small updates happen */
                        et->largest.len = 0;
                        set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NO_EXTENT);
                }
-
-               spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
-               if (en1) {
-                       if (list_empty(&en1->list))
-                               list_add_tail(&en1->list, &sbi->extent_list);
-                       else
-                               list_move_tail(&en1->list, &sbi->extent_list);
-               }
-               spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
        }
 
        if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NO_EXTENT))