@@ -, +, @@ 
  when we're fairly certain that we're going to allocate the inode. ]
---
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c |   19 +++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c	
+++ a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c	
@@ -725,6 +725,10 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
 				   "inode=%lu", ino + 1);
 			continue;
 		}
+		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
+		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
+		if (err)
+			goto fail;
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
 		ret2 = ext4_test_and_set_bit(ino, inode_bitmap_bh->b_data);
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
@@ -738,6 +742,11 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
 	goto out;
 
 got:
+	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
 	/* 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)) {
@@ -771,11 +780,6 @@ got:
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)
@@ -823,11 +827,6 @@ got:
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)
--