diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 7a2d42a84807..9eac63e5a251 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ mb_update_avg_fragment_size(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_group_info *grp)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	int new_order;
 
-	if (!test_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN) || grp->bb_free == 0)
+	if (!test_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN) || grp->bb_fragments == 0)
 		return;
 
 	new_order = mb_avg_fragment_size_order(sb,