diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 383703e20ea3..a346ab8f3e5f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5887,7 +5887,7 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple(handle_t *handle,
 	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh;
 	struct super_block *sb = ar->inode->i_sb;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
-	ext4_group_t group;
+	ext4_group_t group, nr;
 	ext4_grpblk_t blkoff;
 	ext4_grpblk_t max = EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	ext4_grpblk_t i = 0;
@@ -5901,7 +5901,7 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple(handle_t *handle,
 
 	ar->len = 0;
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, goal, &group, &blkoff);
-	for (; group < ext4_get_groups_count(sb); group++) {
+	for (nr = ext4_get_groups_count(sb); nr > 0; nr--) {
 		bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
 		if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
 			*errp = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
@@ -5925,10 +5925,13 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple(handle_t *handle,
 		if (i < max)
 			break;
 
+		if (++group >= ext4_get_groups_count(sb))
+			group = 0;
+
 		blkoff = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (group >= ext4_get_groups_count(sb) || i >= max) {
+	if (i >= max) {
 		*errp = -ENOSPC;
 		return 0;
 	}