diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 0ee374d..556cc82 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -697,6 +697,10 @@
 				   "inode=%lu", ino + 1);
 			continue;
 		}
+		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
+		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
+		if (err)
+			goto fail;
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
 		ret2 = ext4_test_and_set_bit(ino, inode_bitmap_bh->b_data);
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
@@ -710,6 +714,11 @@
 	goto out;
 
 got:
+	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
 	/* We may have to initialize the block bitmap if it isn't already */
 	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM) &&
 	    gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
@@ -742,11 +751,6 @@
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)
@@ -789,11 +793,6 @@
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
 	}
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)