1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 26154b81b836..fa36372f3fdf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -697,6 +697,15 @@ got_group:
                 if (!gdp)
                         goto fail;
 
+                /*
+                 * Check free inodes count before loading bitmap.
+                 */
+                if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) == 0) {
+                        if (++group == ngroups)
+                                group = 0;
+                        continue;
+                }
+
                 brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
                 inode_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, group);
                 if (!inode_bitmap_bh)