diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index aebfd69d040d..f56d49c71f74 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 58696f3ab2b23fd6519189875fafdb5d1281eb54
+refs/heads/master: 5a54b2f199fdf19533f96c3e285b70c6729e1e4a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index b5235c8a2e78..66bee7274d6a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3213,7 +3213,7 @@ ext4_mb_check_group_pa(ext4_fsblk_t goal_block,
 	cur_distance = abs(goal_block - cpa->pa_pstart);
 	new_distance = abs(goal_block - pa->pa_pstart);
 
-	if (cur_distance < new_distance)
+	if (cur_distance <= new_distance)
 		return cpa;
 
 	/* drop the previous reference */