diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3f32c80..10bd6fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@
 	if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
 		goto out;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;