1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4fb86a0061d0..f18a919be70b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
 
         if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                 ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
+                if (ret2 == -1) {
+                        ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group);
+                        if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit())
+                                printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex "
+                                       "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n",
+                                       dir->i_ino);
+                }
                 goto got_group;
         }