diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index d8caef7cd9d0..f6dc4f276ca4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2210,8 +2210,7 @@ int ext4_mb_find_by_goal(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	if (max >= ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len && ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len == sbi->s_stripe) {
 		ext4_fsblk_t start;
 
-		start = ext4_group_first_block_no(ac->ac_sb, e4b->bd_group) +
-			ex.fe_start;
+		start = ext4_grp_offs_to_block(ac->ac_sb, &ex);
 		/* use do_div to get remainder (would be 64-bit modulo) */
 		if (do_div(start, sbi->s_stripe) == 0) {
 			ac->ac_found++;