diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 647cd888ac87..da8bdeaa2e6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
 	brelse (sbi->s_sbh);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+	kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 	kfree(sbi);
 
 	return;
@@ -756,6 +757,13 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sbi->s_blockgroup_lock =
+		kzalloc(sizeof(struct blockgroup_lock), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sbi->s_blockgroup_lock) {
+		kfree(sbi);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
 	sbi->s_sb_block = sb_block;
 
@@ -983,7 +991,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		printk ("EXT2-fs: not enough memory\n");
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
-	bgl_lock_init(&sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
+	bgl_lock_init(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
 	sbi->s_debts = kcalloc(sbi->s_groups_count, sizeof(*sbi->s_debts), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi->s_debts) {
 		printk ("EXT2-fs: not enough memory\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h
index dc541f3653d1..1cdb66367c98 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct ext2_sb_info {
 	struct percpu_counter s_freeblocks_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_freeinodes_counter;
 	struct percpu_counter s_dirs_counter;
-	struct blockgroup_lock s_blockgroup_lock;
+	struct blockgroup_lock *s_blockgroup_lock;
 	/* root of the per fs reservation window tree */
 	spinlock_t s_rsv_window_lock;
 	struct rb_root s_rsv_window_root;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct ext2_sb_info {
 static inline spinlock_t *
 sb_bgl_lock(struct ext2_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int block_group)
 {
-	return bgl_lock_ptr(&sbi->s_blockgroup_lock, block_group);
+	return bgl_lock_ptr(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock, block_group);
 }
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_EXT2_FS_SB */