diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 5df34561c551..d1aa04a5af1b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	start = count = 0;
 	left = le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total);
 
-	while ((bit_off = ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, left, start)) <
-	       left) {
-		if (bit_off == start) {
+	while (1) {
+		bit_off = ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, left, start);
+		if ((bit_off < left) && (bit_off == start)) {
 			count++;
 			start++;
 			continue;
@@ -998,6 +998,8 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (bit_off >= left)
+			break;
 		count = 1;
 		start = bit_off + 1;
 	}