diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 88ed64ebae3e..20d02cc0a17a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ static bool ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 
 	BUG_ON(cr < 0 || cr >= 4);
 
-	if (unlikely(EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp) || !grp))
+	if (unlikely(!grp || EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp)))
 		return false;
 
 	free = grp->bb_free;