diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 5bd216901e89..960aaf43d665 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ void gfs2_clear_rgrpd(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 
 		gfs2_free_clones(rgd);
 		kfree(rgd->rd_bits);
+		rgd->rd_bits = NULL;
 		return_all_reservations(rgd);
 		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_rgrpd_cachep, rgd);
 	}
@@ -916,9 +917,6 @@ static int read_rindex_entry(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
-	rgd->rd_gl->gl_object = rgd;
-	rgd->rd_gl->gl_vm.start = (rgd->rd_addr * bsize) & PAGE_MASK;
-	rgd->rd_gl->gl_vm.end = PAGE_ALIGN((rgd->rd_addr + rgd->rd_length) * bsize) - 1;
 	rgd->rd_rgl = (struct gfs2_rgrp_lvb *)rgd->rd_gl->gl_lksb.sb_lvbptr;
 	rgd->rd_flags &= ~(GFS2_RDF_UPTODATE | GFS2_RDF_PREFERRED);
 	if (rgd->rd_data > sdp->sd_max_rg_data)
@@ -926,14 +924,20 @@ static int read_rindex_entry(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_rindex_spin);
 	error = rgd_insert(rgd);
 	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_rindex_spin);
-	if (!error)
+	if (!error) {
+		rgd->rd_gl->gl_object = rgd;
+		rgd->rd_gl->gl_vm.start = (rgd->rd_addr * bsize) & PAGE_MASK;
+		rgd->rd_gl->gl_vm.end = PAGE_ALIGN((rgd->rd_addr +
+						    rgd->rd_length) * bsize) - 1;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	error = 0; /* someone else read in the rgrp; free it and ignore it */
 	gfs2_glock_put(rgd->rd_gl);
 
 fail:
 	kfree(rgd->rd_bits);
+	rgd->rd_bits = NULL;
 	kmem_cache_free(gfs2_rgrpd_cachep, rgd);
 	return error;
 }