diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 99bf091fee10eeb0f6dbc250389e664ba8d07633..a02fadf4fc84e21e0b4b94182d66e07b2a52ae1c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2709,8 +2709,15 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 
 	if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb)) {
-		/* a single flex group is supposed to be read by a single IO */
-		sbi->s_mb_prefetch = min(1 << sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex,
+		/* a single flex group is supposed to be read by a single IO.
+		 * 2 ^ s_log_groups_per_flex != UINT_MAX as s_mb_prefetch is
+		 * unsigned integer, so the maximum shift is 32.
+		 */
+		if (sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex >= 32) {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "too many log groups per flexible block group");
+			goto err_freesgi;
+		}
+		sbi->s_mb_prefetch = min_t(uint, 1 << sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex,
 			BLK_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9));
 		sbi->s_mb_prefetch *= 8; /* 8 prefetch IOs in flight at most */
 	} else {