diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index e0cc55164505..924c1c765306 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ ext2_fsblk_t ext2_new_blocks(struct inode *inode, ext2_fsblk_t goal,
 		 * use.  So we may want to selectively mark some of the blocks
 		 * as free
 		 */
+		num = *count;
 		goto retry_alloc;
 	}