diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f513f273ff89..10c62de642c6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2146,8 +2146,10 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	 * We search using buddy data only if the order of the request
 	 * is greater than equal to the sbi_s_mb_order2_reqs
 	 * You can tune it via /sys/fs/ext4/<partition>/mb_order2_req
+	 * We also support searching for power-of-two requests only for
+	 * requests upto maximum buddy size we have constructed.
 	 */
-	if (i >= sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs) {
+	if (i >= sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs && i <= sb->s_blocksize_bits + 2) {
 		/*
 		 * This should tell if fe_len is exactly power of 2
 		 */
@@ -2217,7 +2219,7 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 			}
 
 			ac->ac_groups_scanned++;
-			if (cr == 0 && ac->ac_2order < sb->s_blocksize_bits+2)
+			if (cr == 0)
 				ext4_mb_simple_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
 			else if (cr == 1 && sbi->s_stripe &&
 					!(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len % sbi->s_stripe))