diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 9087183602e4..e4c4be1cb246 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1291,9 +1291,9 @@ void ext4_mb_generate_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
 		 * If we intend to continue, we consider group descriptor
 		 * corrupt and update bb_free using bitmap value
 		 */
-		grp->bb_free = free;
 		ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, group,
 					EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT);
+		grp->bb_free = free;
 	}
 	mb_set_largest_free_order(sb, grp);
 	mb_update_avg_fragment_size(sb, grp);