diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index c22d01467bd1..01c235bc2054 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ static void ext3_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 		ext3_blkdev_remove(sbi);
 	}
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+	kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 	kfree(sbi);
 	return;
 }
@@ -1546,6 +1547,13 @@ static int ext3_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 = EXT3_DEF_RESUID;
@@ -1786,7 +1794,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
-	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, logic_sb_block, i);
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
index e024e38248ff..76fdc0f4b028 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct ext3_sb_info {
 	struct percpu_counter s_freeblocks_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_freeinodes_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_dirs_counter;
-	struct blockgroup_lock s_blockgroup_lock;
+	struct blockgroup_lock *s_blockgroup_lock;
 
 	/* root of the per fs reservation window tree */
 	spinlock_t s_rsv_window_lock;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct ext3_sb_info {
 static inline spinlock_t *
 sb_bgl_lock(struct ext3_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	/* _LINUX_EXT3_FS_SB */