diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index db8ca34d102a486fe0b5e7495e68f5c759897eed..0706a45d3c07e8b718b3ea9e7c4450a91b58b20e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ ext3_try_to_allocate_with_rsv(struct super_block *sb, handle_t *handle,
 	}
 	/*
 	 * grp_goal is a group relative block number (if there is a goal)
-	 * 0 < grp_goal < EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)
+	 * 0 <= grp_goal < EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)
 	 * first block is a filesystem wide block number
 	 * first block is the block number of the first block in this group
 	 */
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ ext3_try_to_allocate_with_rsv(struct super_block *sb, handle_t *handle,
 			if (!goal_in_my_reservation(&my_rsv->rsv_window,
 							grp_goal, group, sb))
 				grp_goal = -1;
-		} else if (grp_goal > 0) {
+		} else if (grp_goal >= 0) {
 			int curr = my_rsv->rsv_end -
 					(grp_goal + group_first_block) + 1;