diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index c21e01a9b2dd..cf4dee01983a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1746,11 +1746,18 @@ xfs_bmap_add_extent_unwritten_real(
 			if ((error = xfs_bmbt_insert(cur, &i)))
 				goto done;
 			XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, done);
-			if ((error = xfs_bmbt_increment(cur, 0, &i)))
+			/*
+			 * Reset the cursor to the position of the new extent
+			 * we are about to insert as we can't trust it after
+			 * the previous insert.
+			 */
+			if ((error = xfs_bmbt_lookup_eq(cur, new->br_startoff,
+					new->br_startblock, new->br_blockcount,
+					&i)))
 				goto done;
-			XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, done);
+			XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 0, done);
 			/* new middle extent - newext */
-			cur->bc_rec.b = *new;
+			cur->bc_rec.b.br_state = new->br_state;
 			if ((error = xfs_bmbt_insert(cur, &i)))
 				goto done;
 			XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, done);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index 4f0e849d973e..4aa2f11ba563 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -2029,22 +2029,8 @@ xfs_bmbt_increment(
  * Insert the current record at the point referenced by cur.
  *
  * A multi-level split of the tree on insert will invalidate the original
- * cursor. It appears, however, that some callers assume that the cursor is
- * always valid. Hence if we do a multi-level split we need to revalidate the
- * cursor.
- *
- * When a split occurs, we will see a new cursor returned. Use that as a
- * trigger to determine if we need to revalidate the original cursor. If we get
- * a split, then use the original irec to lookup up the path of the record we
- * just inserted.
- *
- * Note that the fact that the btree root is in the inode means that we can
- * have the level of the tree change without a "split" occurring at the root
- * level. What happens is that the root is migrated to an allocated block and
- * the inode root is pointed to it. This means a single split can change the
- * level of the tree (level 2 -> level 3) and invalidate the old cursor. Hence
- * the level change should be accounted as a split so as to correctly trigger a
- * revalidation of the old cursor.
+ * cursor.  All callers of this function should assume that the cursor is
+ * no longer valid and revalidate it.
  */
 int					/* error */
 xfs_bmbt_insert(
@@ -2057,14 +2043,11 @@ xfs_bmbt_insert(
 	xfs_fsblock_t	nbno;
 	xfs_btree_cur_t	*ncur;
 	xfs_bmbt_rec_t	nrec;
-	xfs_bmbt_irec_t	oirec;		/* original irec */
 	xfs_btree_cur_t	*pcur;
-	int		splits = 0;
 
 	XFS_BMBT_TRACE_CURSOR(cur, ENTRY);
 	level = 0;
 	nbno = NULLFSBLOCK;
-	oirec = cur->bc_rec.b;
 	xfs_bmbt_disk_set_all(&nrec, &cur->bc_rec.b);
 	ncur = NULL;
 	pcur = cur;
@@ -2073,13 +2056,11 @@ xfs_bmbt_insert(
 				&i))) {
 			if (pcur != cur)
 				xfs_btree_del_cursor(pcur, XFS_BTREE_ERROR);
-			goto error0;
+			XFS_BMBT_TRACE_CURSOR(cur, ERROR);
+			return error;
 		}
 		XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
 		if (pcur != cur && (ncur || nbno == NULLFSBLOCK)) {
-			/* allocating a new root is effectively a split */
-			if (cur->bc_nlevels != pcur->bc_nlevels)
-				splits++;
 			cur->bc_nlevels = pcur->bc_nlevels;
 			cur->bc_private.b.allocated +=
 				pcur->bc_private.b.allocated;
@@ -2093,21 +2074,10 @@ xfs_bmbt_insert(
 			xfs_btree_del_cursor(pcur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
 		}
 		if (ncur) {
-			splits++;
 			pcur = ncur;
 			ncur = NULL;
 		}
 	} while (nbno != NULLFSBLOCK);
-
-	if (splits > 1) {
-		/* revalidate the old cursor as we had a multi-level split */
-		error = xfs_bmbt_lookup_eq(cur, oirec.br_startoff,
-				oirec.br_startblock, oirec.br_blockcount, &i);
-		if (error)
-			goto error0;
-		ASSERT(i == 1);
-	}
-
 	XFS_BMBT_TRACE_CURSOR(cur, EXIT);
 	*stat = i;
 	return 0;