diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 48d606cd740f818248eb42db22b2467113810a97..6dea637b020aeb0f0fa7049ca85be0f6cad7e3ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1326,6 +1326,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_check_limits(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	struct ext4_free_extent ex;
 	int max;
 
+	if (ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to scan for a whole year
 	 */