diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 8fc0dad9fa62..532443f89015 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4337,8 +4337,6 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 	bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 	if (unlikely(!bh))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (ext4_simulate_fail(sb, EXT4_SIM_INODE_EIO))
-		goto simulate_eio;
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 
@@ -4425,8 +4423,8 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 		ext4_read_bh_nowait(bh, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, NULL);
 		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
+		ext4_simulate_fail_bh(sb, bh, EXT4_SIM_INODE_EIO);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		simulate_eio:
 			if (ret_block)
 				*ret_block = block;
 			brelse(bh);