diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 23b4b1745a391..56218c79a8565 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5140,7 +5140,7 @@ static int ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle_t *handle,
 				struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = &(ei->vfs_inode);
-	u64 i_blocks = inode->i_blocks;
+	u64 i_blocks = READ_ONCE(inode->i_blocks);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
 	if (i_blocks <= ~0U) {