diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 3445f0af07b9cc95ae10fa90e54496281bbeaa81..a4dffc8bac9666bf0d6d955e63724fbcc911d3ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2414,8 +2414,12 @@ int ext4_mb_find_by_goal(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 		return 0;
 
 	err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(ac->ac_sb, group, e4b);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(e4b->bd_info) &&
+		    !(ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_GOAL_ONLY))
+			return 0;
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	ext4_lock_group(ac->ac_sb, group);
 	if (unlikely(EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(e4b->bd_info)))