diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index dc1fa9e..d4e609d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1928,15 +1928,19 @@
 	case 0:
 		BUG_ON(ac->ac_2order == 0);
 
-		if (grp->bb_largest_free_order < ac->ac_2order)
-			return 0;
-
 		/* Avoid using the first bg of a flexgroup for data files */
 		if ((ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA) &&
 		    (flex_size >= EXT4_FLEX_SIZE_DIR_ALLOC_SCHEME) &&
 		    ((group % flex_size) == 0))
 			return 0;
 
+		if ((ac->ac_2order > ac->ac_sb->s_blocksize_bits+1) ||
+		    (free / fragments) >= ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len)
+			return 1;
+
+		if (grp->bb_largest_free_order < ac->ac_2order)
+			return 0;
+
 		return 1;
 	case 1:
 		if ((free / fragments) >= ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len)
@@ -2051,7 +2055,7 @@
 			}
 
 			ac->ac_groups_scanned++;
-			if (cr == 0)
+			if (cr == 0 && ac->ac_2order < sb->s_blocksize_bits+2)
 				ext4_mb_simple_scan_group(ac, &e4b);
 			else if (cr == 1 && sbi->s_stripe &&
 					!(ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len % sbi->s_stripe))
@@ -4052,8 +4056,8 @@
 	len = ar->len;
 
 	/* just a dirty hack to filter too big requests  */
-	if (len >= EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 10)
-		len = EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 10;
+	if (len >= EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+		len = EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 
 	/* start searching from the goal */
 	goal = ar->goal;