diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index eb29c8e21d1b..61601bd076df 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1607,15 +1607,17 @@ int ext4_fc_record_regions(struct super_block *sb, int ino,
 	if (replay && state->fc_regions_used != state->fc_regions_valid)
 		state->fc_regions_used = state->fc_regions_valid;
 	if (state->fc_regions_used == state->fc_regions_size) {
+		struct ext4_fc_alloc_region *fc_regions;
+
 		state->fc_regions_size +=
 			EXT4_FC_REPLAY_REALLOC_INCREMENT;
-		state->fc_regions = krealloc(
-					state->fc_regions,
-					state->fc_regions_size *
-					sizeof(struct ext4_fc_alloc_region),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!state->fc_regions)
+		fc_regions = krealloc(state->fc_regions,
+				      state->fc_regions_size *
+				      sizeof(struct ext4_fc_alloc_region),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!fc_regions)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		state->fc_regions = fc_regions;
 	}
 	region = &state->fc_regions[state->fc_regions_used++];
 	region->ino = ino;