diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 0fb3c01bc557..9b04a570c582 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -922,15 +922,15 @@ static int read_rindex_entry(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	spin_lock_init(&rgd->rd_rsspin);
 	mutex_init(&rgd->rd_mutex);
 
-	error = compute_bitstructs(rgd);
-	if (error)
-		goto fail;
-
 	error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, rgd->rd_addr,
 			       &gfs2_rgrp_glops, CREATE, &rgd->rd_gl);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
+	error = compute_bitstructs(rgd);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail_glock;
+
 	rgd->rd_rgl = (struct gfs2_rgrp_lvb *)rgd->rd_gl->gl_lksb.sb_lvbptr;
 	rgd->rd_flags &= ~GFS2_RDF_PREFERRED;
 	if (rgd->rd_data > sdp->sd_max_rg_data)
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ static int read_rindex_entry(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	}
 
 	error = 0; /* someone else read in the rgrp; free it and ignore it */
+fail_glock:
 	gfs2_glock_put(rgd->rd_gl);
 
 fail: