diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index eba0e766177a..eb29c8e21d1b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1414,13 +1414,15 @@ static int ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(struct super_block *sb, int ino)
 		if (state->fc_modified_inodes[i] == ino)
 			return 0;
 	if (state->fc_modified_inodes_used == state->fc_modified_inodes_size) {
-		state->fc_modified_inodes = krealloc(
-				state->fc_modified_inodes,
+		int *fc_modified_inodes;
+
+		fc_modified_inodes = krealloc(state->fc_modified_inodes,
 				sizeof(int) * (state->fc_modified_inodes_size +
 				EXT4_FC_REPLAY_REALLOC_INCREMENT),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!state->fc_modified_inodes)
+		if (!fc_modified_inodes)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		state->fc_modified_inodes = fc_modified_inodes;
 		state->fc_modified_inodes_size +=
 			EXT4_FC_REPLAY_REALLOC_INCREMENT;
 	}