diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 788ac6c1642e..c012f2a43ba8 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -928,8 +928,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 		     struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct udf_fileident_bh fibh;
-	struct fileIdentDesc cfi, *fi;
+	struct udf_fileident_iter iter;
 	int err;
 	struct udf_inode_info *dinfo = UDF_I(dir);
 	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo;
@@ -941,47 +940,42 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
 	inode->i_op = &udf_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &udf_dir_operations;
-	fi = udf_add_entry(inode, NULL, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
-	if (!fi) {
-		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	err = udf_fiiter_add_entry(inode, NULL, &iter);
+	if (err) {
+		clear_nlink(inode);
 		discard_new_inode(inode);
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 	}
 	set_nlink(inode, 2);
-	cfi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
-	cfi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(dinfo->i_location);
-	*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)cfi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
+	iter.fi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	iter.fi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(dinfo->i_location);
+	*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)iter.fi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
 		cpu_to_le32(dinfo->i_unique & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFUL);
-	cfi.fileCharacteristics =
+	iter.fi.fileCharacteristics =
 			FID_FILE_CHAR_DIRECTORY | FID_FILE_CHAR_PARENT;
-	udf_write_fi(inode, &cfi, fi, &fibh, NULL, NULL);
-	brelse(fibh.sbh);
+	udf_fiiter_write_fi(&iter, NULL);
+	udf_fiiter_release(&iter);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-	fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
-	if (!fi) {
+	err = udf_fiiter_add_entry(dir, dentry, &iter);
+	if (err) {
 		clear_nlink(inode);
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		discard_new_inode(inode);
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 	}
-	cfi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
-	cfi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(iinfo->i_location);
-	*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)cfi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
+	iter.fi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	iter.fi.icb.extLocation = cpu_to_lelb(iinfo->i_location);
+	*(__le32 *)((struct allocDescImpUse *)iter.fi.icb.impUse)->impUse =
 		cpu_to_le32(iinfo->i_unique & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFUL);
-	cfi.fileCharacteristics |= FID_FILE_CHAR_DIRECTORY;
-	udf_write_fi(dir, &cfi, fi, &fibh, NULL, NULL);
+	iter.fi.fileCharacteristics |= FID_FILE_CHAR_DIRECTORY;
+	udf_fiiter_write_fi(&iter, NULL);
+	udf_fiiter_release(&iter);
 	inc_nlink(dir);
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode);
-	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
-		brelse(fibh.ebh);
-	brelse(fibh.sbh);
-	err = 0;
 
-out:
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int empty_dir(struct inode *dir)