diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index ffe04ec9cfe4..786e11448a1a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1054,12 +1054,13 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 		brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
 		inode_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, group);
 		/* Skip groups with suspicious inode tables */
-		if (((!(sbi->s_mount_state & EXT4_FC_REPLAY))
-		     && EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp)) ||
-		    IS_ERR(inode_bitmap_bh)) {
+		if (IS_ERR(inode_bitmap_bh)) {
 			inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
 			goto next_group;
 		}
+		if (!(sbi->s_mount_state & EXT4_FC_REPLAY) &&
+		    EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
+			goto next_group;
 
 repeat_in_this_group:
 		ret2 = find_inode_bit(sb, group, inode_bitmap_bh, &ino);