diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 93d37f6cf9c3..bb6faebf9b6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3584,9 +3584,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache);
 err_freesgi:
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	kvfree(rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_info));
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	kvfree(rcu_access_pointer(sbi->s_group_info));
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -3901,7 +3899,8 @@ void ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&sbi->s_discard_list));
 	}
 
-	if (sbi->s_group_info) {
+	group_info = rcu_access_pointer(sbi->s_group_info);
+	if (group_info) {
 		for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
 			cond_resched();
 			grinfo = ext4_get_group_info(sb, i);
@@ -3919,12 +3918,9 @@ void ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 		num_meta_group_infos = (ngroups +
 				EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) >>
 			EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb);
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		group_info = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_info);
 		for (i = 0; i < num_meta_group_infos; i++)
 			kfree(group_info[i]);
 		kvfree(group_info);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	ext4_mb_avg_fragment_size_destroy(sbi);
 	ext4_mb_largest_free_orders_destroy(sbi);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 152c58fe8e01..baa067eb8cf4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1254,12 +1254,10 @@ static void ext4_group_desc_free(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct buffer_head **group_desc;
 	int i;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
+	group_desc = rcu_access_pointer(sbi->s_group_desc);
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_gdb_count; i++)
 		brelse(group_desc[i]);
 	kvfree(group_desc);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void ext4_flex_groups_free(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
@@ -1267,14 +1265,12 @@ static void ext4_flex_groups_free(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct flex_groups **flex_groups;
 	int i;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	flex_groups = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+	flex_groups = rcu_access_pointer(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	if (flex_groups) {
 		for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated; i++)
 			kvfree(flex_groups[i]);
 		kvfree(flex_groups);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)