diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index dc5d572ebd6a41ae5aebbb5f7b73346b3b4c010e..6ea7b1436bbc201e872d6ee18f7321b2e099f156 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_count_free_clusters(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
 	ext4_group_t i;
 	ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
+	struct ext4_group_info *grp;
 #ifdef EXT4FS_DEBUG
 	struct ext4_super_block *es;
 	ext4_fsblk_t bitmap_count;
@@ -655,7 +656,11 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_count_free_clusters(struct super_block *sb)
 		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
 		if (!gdp)
 			continue;
-		desc_count += ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp);
+		grp = NULL;
+		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_info)
+			grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, i);
+		if (!grp || !EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
+			desc_count += ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp);
 		brelse(bitmap_bh);
 		bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, i);
 		if (bitmap_bh == NULL)
@@ -679,7 +684,11 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_count_free_clusters(struct super_block *sb)
 		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
 		if (!gdp)
 			continue;
-		desc_count += ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp);
+		grp = NULL;
+		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_info)
+			grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, i);
+		if (!grp || !EXT4_MB_GRP_BBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
+			desc_count += ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp);
 	}
 
 	return desc_count;