diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 633ae7b..5f0c7fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ int ext4_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 	handle_t *handle;
 	ext4_fsblk_t blk;
 	int num, ret = 0, used_blks = 0;
+	unsigned long used_inos = 0;
 
 	/* This should not happen, but just to be sure check this */
 	if (sb_rdonly(sb)) {
@@ -1543,22 +1544,37 @@ int ext4_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 	 * used inodes so we need to skip blocks with used inodes in
 	 * inode table.
 	 */
-	if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)))
-		used_blks = DIV_ROUND_UP((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
-			    ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)),
-			    sbi->s_inodes_per_block);
+	if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT))) {
+		used_inos = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
+			    ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
+		used_blks = DIV_ROUND_UP(used_inos, sbi->s_inodes_per_block);
 
-	if ((used_blks < 0) || (used_blks > sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
-	    ((group == 0) && ((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
-			       ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)) <
-			      EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb)))) {
-		ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
-			   "used itable blocks: %d; "
-			   "itable unused count: %u",
-			   group, used_blks,
-			   ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp));
-		ret = 1;
-		goto err_out;
+		/* Bogus inode unused count? */
+		if (used_blks < 0 || used_blks > sbi->s_itb_per_group) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
+				   "used itable blocks: %d; "
+				   "itable unused count: %u",
+				   group, used_blks,
+				   ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp));
+			ret = 1;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+
+		used_inos += group * EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+		/*
+		 * Are there some uninitialized inodes in the inode table
+		 * before the first normal inode?
+		 */
+		if ((used_blks != sbi->s_itb_per_group) &&
+		     (used_inos < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb))) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
+				   "itable unused count: %u; "
+				   "itables initialized count: %ld",
+				   group, ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp),
+				   used_inos);
+			ret = 1;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	blk = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) + used_blks;