diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 4de06d68e9e7..dab46274d591 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group,
 		set_buffer_verified(bh);
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		goto verify;
+		return bh;
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {