diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_sb.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_sb.h
index e318f486cc24..4e4d9cc3f40d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_sb.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_sb.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	struct percpu_counter s_freeinodes_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_dirs_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_dirtyblocks_counter;
-	struct blockgroup_lock s_blockgroup_lock;
+	struct blockgroup_lock *s_blockgroup_lock;
 	struct proc_dir_entry *s_proc;
 
 	/* Journaling */
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 static inline spinlock_t *
 sb_bgl_lock(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int block_group)
 {
-	return bgl_lock_ptr(&sbi->s_blockgroup_lock, block_group);
+	return bgl_lock_ptr(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock, block_group);
 }
 
 #endif	/* _EXT4_SB */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f7371a6a923d..a3768709ce05 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		ext4_blkdev_remove(sbi);
 	}
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+	kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 	kfree(sbi);
 	return;
 }
@@ -2021,6 +2022,13 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sbi->s_blockgroup_lock =
+		kzalloc(sizeof(struct blockgroup_lock), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sbi->s_blockgroup_lock) {
+		kfree(sbi);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
 	sbi->s_mount_opt = 0;
 	sbi->s_resuid = EXT4_DEF_RESUID;
@@ -2332,7 +2340,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 				 &sbi->s_inode_readahead_blks);
 #endif
 
-	bgl_lock_init(&sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
+	bgl_lock_init(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++) {
 		block = descriptor_loc(sb, logical_sb_block, i);