diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 8e706ae74588..c3c4d9e26b39 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2569,14 +2569,14 @@ ext4_group_t ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 void ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 			   unsigned int nr)
 {
-	while (nr-- > 0) {
-		struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
-								  NULL);
-		struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
+	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
+	struct ext4_group_info *grp;
 
+	while (nr-- > 0) {
 		if (!group)
 			group = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
 		group--;
+		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
 		grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
 
 		if (EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) &&