diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index ae4d7f5edbbf1493f6d7da728a03f5935cd554b7..1791dd4207d5f8af0ca2ede799a5cefbd2b7a187 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -432,9 +432,10 @@ static void *mb_find_buddy(struct ext4_buddy *e4b, int order, int *max)
 	}
 
 	/* at order 0 we see each particular block */
-	*max = 1 << (e4b->bd_blkbits + 3);
-	if (order == 0)
+	if (order == 0) {
+		*max = 1 << (e4b->bd_blkbits + 3);
 		return EXT4_MB_BITMAP(e4b);
+	}
 
 	bb = EXT4_MB_BUDDY(e4b) + EXT4_SB(e4b->bd_sb)->s_mb_offsets[order];
 	*max = EXT4_SB(e4b->bd_sb)->s_mb_maxs[order];