diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 242e213ee064..964a6efe594d 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ static void map_buffer_to_folio(struct folio *folio, struct buffer_head *bh,
 			folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
 			return;
 		}
-		create_empty_buffers(&folio->page, i_blocksize(inode), 0);
-		head = folio_buffers(folio);
+		head = folio_create_empty_buffers(folio, i_blocksize(inode), 0);
 	}
 
 	page_bh = head;