diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 6ad3533940ba..00558bc59052 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -2891,9 +2891,12 @@ int ocfs2_test_inode_bit(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 blkno, int *res)
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	inode_alloc_inode =
-		ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb, INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
-					    suballoc_slot);
+	if (suballoc_slot == (u16)OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT)
+		inode_alloc_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+			GLOBAL_INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE, suballoc_slot);
+	else
+		inode_alloc_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+			INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE, suballoc_slot);
 	if (!inode_alloc_inode) {
 		/* the error code could be inaccurate, but we are not able to
 		 * get the correct one. */