diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 8040c731b3e4..52f4c5169f91 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -331,9 +331,13 @@ struct ext4_group_info *ext4_get_group_info(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (unlikely(group >= EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count))
 		return NULL;
+	if (unlikely(!EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_info))
+		return NULL;
 	indexv = group >> (EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb));
 	indexh = group & ((EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb)) - 1);
 	grp_info = sbi_array_rcu_deref(EXT4_SB(sb), s_group_info, indexv);
+	if (unlikely(!grp_info))
+		return NULL;
 	return grp_info[indexh];
 }