diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 4b72af2908d9..ebbceb2bac4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2889,14 +2889,19 @@ repeat:
 			ac->ac_groups_scanned++;
 			if (cr == CR_POWER2_ALIGNED)
 				ext4_mb_simple_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
-			else if ((cr == CR_GOAL_LEN_FAST ||
-				 cr == CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN) &&
-				 sbi->s_stripe &&
-				 !(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len %
-				 EXT4_B2C(sbi, sbi->s_stripe)))
-				ext4_mb_scan_aligned(ac, &e4b);
-			else
-				ext4_mb_complex_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
+			else {
+				bool is_stripe_aligned = sbi->s_stripe &&
+					!(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len %
+					  EXT4_B2C(sbi, sbi->s_stripe));
+
+				if ((cr == CR_GOAL_LEN_FAST ||
+				     cr == CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN) &&
+				    is_stripe_aligned)
+					ext4_mb_scan_aligned(ac, &e4b);
+
+				if (ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_CONTINUE)
+					ext4_mb_complex_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
+			}
 
 			ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
 			ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);