static int trans_get_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
                         enum btree_id btree_id, struct bpos pos,
-                        struct btree_insert_entry **insert,
                         struct btree_iter **iter,
                         struct bkey_s_c *k)
 {
        unsigned i;
        int ret;
 
-       *insert = NULL;
-
        for (i = 0; i < trans->nr_updates; i++)
                if (!trans->updates[i].deferred &&
                    trans->updates[i].iter->btree_id == btree_id &&
                    !bkey_cmp(pos, trans->updates[i].iter->pos)) {
-                       *insert = &trans->updates[i];
-                       *iter   = (*insert)->iter;
-                       *k      = bkey_i_to_s_c((*insert)->k);
+                       *iter   = trans->updates[i].iter;
+                       *k      = bkey_i_to_s_c(trans->updates[i].k);
                        return 0;
                }
 
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int trans_update_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
-                           struct btree_insert_entry **insert,
-                           struct btree_iter *iter,
-                           struct bkey_s_c k,
-                           unsigned extra_u64s)
+static void *trans_update_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
+                             struct btree_iter *iter,
+                             unsigned u64s)
 {
        struct bkey_i *new_k;
+       unsigned i;
 
-       if (*insert)
-               return 0;
-
-       new_k = bch2_trans_kmalloc(trans, bkey_bytes(k.k) +
-                                  extra_u64s * sizeof(u64));
+       new_k = bch2_trans_kmalloc(trans, u64s * sizeof(u64));
        if (IS_ERR(new_k))
-               return PTR_ERR(new_k);
+               return new_k;
+
+       bkey_init(&new_k->k);
+       new_k->k.p = iter->pos;
 
-       *insert = bch2_trans_update(trans, ((struct btree_insert_entry) {
-                               .iter = iter,
-                               .k = new_k,
-                               .triggered = true,
+       for (i = 0; i < trans->nr_updates; i++)
+               if (!trans->updates[i].deferred &&
+                   trans->updates[i].iter == iter) {
+                       trans->updates[i].k = new_k;
+                       return new_k;
+               }
+
+       bch2_trans_update(trans, ((struct btree_insert_entry) {
+               .iter = iter,
+               .k = new_k,
+               .triggered = true,
        }));
 
-       bkey_reassemble((*insert)->k, k);
-       return 0;
+       return new_k;
 }
 
 static int bch2_trans_mark_pointer(struct btree_trans *trans,
 {
        struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
        struct bch_dev *ca = bch_dev_bkey_exists(c, p.ptr.dev);
-       struct btree_insert_entry *insert;
        struct btree_iter *iter;
        struct bkey_s_c k;
        struct bkey_alloc_unpacked u;
 
        ret = trans_get_key(trans, BTREE_ID_ALLOC,
                            POS(p.ptr.dev, PTR_BUCKET_NR(ca, &p.ptr)),
-                           &insert, &iter, &k);
+                           &iter, &k);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
                ? u.dirty_sectors
                : u.cached_sectors, sectors);
 
-       ret = trans_update_key(trans, &insert, iter, k, 1);
+       a = trans_update_key(trans, iter, BKEY_ALLOC_U64s_MAX);
+       ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(a);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
-       a = bkey_alloc_init(insert->k);
+       bkey_alloc_init(&a->k_i);
        a->k.p = iter->pos;
        bch2_alloc_pack(a, u);
 out:
                        s64 sectors, enum bch_data_type data_type)
 {
        struct bch_replicas_padded r;
-       struct btree_insert_entry *insert;
        struct btree_iter *iter;
+       struct bkey_i *new_k;
        struct bkey_s_c k;
        struct bkey_s_stripe s;
        unsigned nr_data;
 
        BUG_ON(!sectors);
 
-       ret = trans_get_key(trans, BTREE_ID_EC, POS(0, p.idx),
-                           &insert, &iter, &k);
+       ret = trans_get_key(trans, BTREE_ID_EC, POS(0, p.idx), &iter, &k);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = trans_update_key(trans, &insert, iter, k, 1);
+       new_k = trans_update_key(trans, iter, k.k->u64s);
+       ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(new_k);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
-       s = bkey_i_to_s_stripe(insert->k);
+       bkey_reassemble(new_k, k);
+       s = bkey_i_to_s_stripe(new_k);
 
        nr_data = s.v->nr_blocks - s.v->nr_redundant;