1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index a87455df38bc..0840bf321cdb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ got:
                 goto out;
         }
 
+        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
+        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
+        if (err) {
+                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
+                goto out;
+        }
+
         /* We may have to initialize the block bitmap if it isn't already */
         if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
             gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
@@ -910,13 +917,6 @@ got:
                 }
         }
 
-        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
-        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
-        if (err) {
-                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /* Update the relevant bg descriptor fields */
         if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb)) {
                 int free;