diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 8d64067..8052070 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -625,13 +625,14 @@ int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	    (!ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
+				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BIGALLOC))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
-	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
-				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BIGALLOC))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	ret = ext4_ext_check_inode(inode);