diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 92f49d7eb3c0..109cf88e7caa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -6644,7 +6644,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 			cond_resched();
 			if (is_metadata)
-				bh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, block + i);
+				bh = sb_find_get_block_nonatomic(inode->i_sb,
+								 block + i);
 			ext4_forget(handle, is_metadata, inode, bh, block + i);
 		}
 	}