diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index f86207b345a93f342b9878c08dd643ef8a67a19b..e7b2bafa1dd91cd69f8caf4597654a6355c3a666 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -1533,9 +1533,6 @@ int ext2_bg_has_super(struct super_block *sb, int group)
  */
 unsigned long ext2_bg_num_gdb(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-	if (EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)&&
-	    !ext2_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT2_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext2_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT2_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 245949ead658953f1967776782a8f59a46a04ffa..a75713031105159ab82472301be86abef9ccc0af 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1848,11 +1848,7 @@ static unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb_meta(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 
 static unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb_nometa(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-	if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-				EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
-			!ext3_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext3_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 7b42cc18ef8c38065046f09a01299954505b4333..0737e05ba3dd22842429f287356ca1c500265943 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -2011,11 +2011,7 @@ static unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb_meta(struct super_block *sb,
 static unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb_nometa(struct super_block *sb,
 					ext4_group_t group)
 {
-	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-				EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
-			!ext4_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext4_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
 /**