diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index ca37cdf4b82e..47f2a7a97385 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -1964,27 +1964,13 @@ complete:
 
 /*
  * mas_leaf_set_meta() - Set the metadata of a leaf if possible.
- * @mas: The maple state
  * @node: The maple node
- * @pivots: pointer to the maple node pivots
  * @mt: The maple type
- * @end: The assumed end
- *
- * Note, end may be incremented within this function but not modified at the
- * source.  This is fine since the metadata is the last thing to be stored in a
- * node during a write.
+ * @end: The node end
  */
-static inline void mas_leaf_set_meta(struct ma_state *mas,
-		struct maple_node *node, unsigned long *pivots,
+static inline void mas_leaf_set_meta(struct maple_node *node,
 		enum maple_type mt, unsigned char end)
 {
-	/* There is no room for metadata already */
-	if (mt_pivots[mt] <= end)
-		return;
-
-	if (pivots[end] && pivots[end] < mas->max)
-		end++;
-
 	if (end < mt_slots[mt] - 1)
 		ma_set_meta(node, mt, 0, end);
 }
@@ -2041,7 +2027,7 @@ static inline void mab_mas_cp(struct maple_big_node *b_node,
 
 		ma_set_meta(node, mt, offset, end);
 	} else {
-		mas_leaf_set_meta(mas, node, pivots, mt, end);
+		mas_leaf_set_meta(node, mt, end);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3962,7 +3948,7 @@ static inline bool mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas,
 		dst_pivots[new_end] = mas->max;
 
 done:
-	mas_leaf_set_meta(mas, newnode, dst_pivots, maple_leaf_64, new_end);
+	mas_leaf_set_meta(newnode, maple_leaf_64, new_end);
 	if (in_rcu) {
 		struct maple_enode *old_enode = mas->node;