diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 38f40d55899c..b37b12875582 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ static int ext4_block_in_group(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t block,
 }
 
 static int ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
-				ext4_group_t block_group)
+				       ext4_group_t block_group,
+				       struct ext4_group_desc *gdp)
 {
 	ext4_fsblk_t tmp;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
@@ -63,10 +64,6 @@ static int ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	int used_blocks = sbi->s_itb_per_group + 2;
 
 	if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG)) {
-		struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
-		struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, &bh);
 		if (!ext4_block_in_group(sb, ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp),
 					block_group))
 			used_blocks--;
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ unsigned ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		 */
 		mark_bitmap_end(group_blocks, sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
 	}
-	return free_blocks - ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(sb, block_group);
+	return free_blocks - ext4_group_used_meta_blocks(sb, block_group, gdp);
 }