diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 73bfc47cb0f2..ea4a7fc91d60 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5adfee9c17314c1411095c23191c3cb0c2d25f9f
+refs/heads/master: e6462869e4fd88be5141a356ee0c28d8067340cc
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 2f645732e3b7..29e6dc7299b8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
 	if (!goal)
 		goal = sbi->s_inode_goal;
 
-	if (goal && goal < le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
+	if (goal && goal <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
 		group = (goal - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 		ino = (goal - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 		ret2 = 0;