diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 78de5d3c5dcec19b8a4bc1b64615679c2ed6058f..ab2dad1dfb7e9b984df0f1c9e6109eed752cd3c8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4463,9 +4463,7 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
-	if (block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) ||
-	    block + count < block ||
-	    block + count > ext4_blocks_count(es)) {
+	if (!ext4_data_block_valid(sbi, block, count)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, __func__,
 			    "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "
 			    "block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);