diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4f78e09..c5af7bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -331,11 +331,13 @@
 
 	percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
-		ext4_group_t f = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
+		struct flex_groups *fg;
 
-		atomic_inc(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].free_inodes);
+		fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+					 ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group));
+		atomic_inc(&fg->free_inodes);
 		if (is_directory)
-			atomic_dec(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].used_dirs);
+			atomic_dec(&fg->used_dirs);
 	}
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh2, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
 	fatal = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh2);
@@ -376,12 +378,13 @@
 			    int flex_size, struct orlov_stats *stats)
 {
 	struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
-	struct flex_groups *flex_group = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_flex_groups;
 
 	if (flex_size > 1) {
-		stats->free_inodes = atomic_read(&flex_group[g].free_inodes);
-		stats->free_clusters = atomic64_read(&flex_group[g].free_clusters);
-		stats->used_dirs = atomic_read(&flex_group[g].used_dirs);
+		struct flex_groups *fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(EXT4_SB(sb),
+							     s_flex_groups, g);
+		stats->free_inodes = atomic_read(&fg->free_inodes);
+		stats->free_clusters = atomic64_read(&fg->free_clusters);
+		stats->used_dirs = atomic_read(&fg->used_dirs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -988,7 +991,8 @@
 		if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
 			ext4_group_t f = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
 
-			atomic_inc(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].used_dirs);
+			atomic_inc(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+							f)->used_dirs);
 		}
 	}
 	if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb)) {
@@ -1011,7 +1015,8 @@
 
 	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
 		flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
-		atomic_dec(&sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_inodes);
+		atomic_dec(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+						flex_group)->free_inodes);
 	}
 
 	inode->i_ino = ino + group * EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);