diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 41e1cfecac3b..6251b4a6cc63 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1077,23 +1077,25 @@ mb_set_largest_free_order(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_group_info *grp)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	int i;
 
-	if (test_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN) && grp->bb_largest_free_order >= 0) {
+	for (i = MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		if (grp->bb_counters[i] > 0)
+			break;
+	/* No need to move between order lists? */
+	if (!test_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN) ||
+	    i == grp->bb_largest_free_order) {
+		grp->bb_largest_free_order = i;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (grp->bb_largest_free_order >= 0) {
 		write_lock(&sbi->s_mb_largest_free_orders_locks[
 					      grp->bb_largest_free_order]);
 		list_del_init(&grp->bb_largest_free_order_node);
 		write_unlock(&sbi->s_mb_largest_free_orders_locks[
 					      grp->bb_largest_free_order]);
 	}
-	grp->bb_largest_free_order = -1; /* uninit */
-
-	for (i = MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		if (grp->bb_counters[i] > 0) {
-			grp->bb_largest_free_order = i;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (test_opt2(sb, MB_OPTIMIZE_SCAN) &&
-	    grp->bb_largest_free_order >= 0 && grp->bb_free) {
+	grp->bb_largest_free_order = i;
+	if (grp->bb_largest_free_order >= 0 && grp->bb_free) {
 		write_lock(&sbi->s_mb_largest_free_orders_locks[
 					      grp->bb_largest_free_order]);
 		list_add_tail(&grp->bb_largest_free_order_node,