diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 32f5d7dec46..1379587234d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4162,7 +4162,6 @@ static void ext4_mb_group_or_file(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	size = ac->ac_o_ex.fe_logical + ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len;
 	isize = (i_size_read(ac->ac_inode) + ac->ac_sb->s_blocksize - 1)
 		>> bsbits;
-	size = max(size, isize);
 
 	if ((size == isize) &&
 	    !ext4_fs_is_busy(sbi) &&
@@ -4172,6 +4171,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_group_or_file(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	}
 
 	/* don't use group allocation for large files */
+	size = max(size, isize);
 	if (size >= sbi->s_mb_stream_request) {
 		ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC;
 		return;