diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index a8cbe1b..030c6d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -1193,8 +1193,9 @@
 	free_blocks = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 	root_blocks = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_r_blocks_count);
 	if (free_blocks < root_blocks + 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
-		sbi->s_resuid != current_fsuid() &&
-		(sbi->s_resgid == 0 || !in_group_p (sbi->s_resgid))) {
+		!uid_eq(sbi->s_resuid, current_fsuid()) &&
+		(gid_eq(sbi->s_resgid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID) ||
+		 !in_group_p (sbi->s_resgid))) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;