goto verify;
        }
        ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
-       if (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
+       if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+           (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
+               if (block_group == 0) {
+                       ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
+                       unlock_buffer(bh);
+                       ext4_error(sb, "Block bitmap for bg 0 marked "
+                                  "uninitialized");
+                       err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+                       goto out;
+               }
                err = ext4_init_block_bitmap(sb, bh, block_group, desc);
                set_bitmap_uptodate(bh);
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
        }
 
        ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
-       if (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)) {
+       if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+           (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT))) {
+               if (block_group == 0) {
+                       ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
+                       unlock_buffer(bh);
+                       ext4_error(sb, "Inode bitmap for bg 0 marked "
+                                  "uninitialized");
+                       err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+                       goto out;
+               }
                memset(bh->b_data, 0, (EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) + 7) / 8);
                ext4_mark_bitmap_end(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb),
                                     sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
 
                /* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
                ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
-               if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
+               if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+                   (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
                        gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
                        ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
                                ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb, group, gdp));
 
         * initialize bb_free to be able to skip
         * empty groups without initialization
         */
-       if (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
+       if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+           (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
                meta_group_info[i]->bb_free =
                        ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb, group, desc);
        } else {
 #endif
        ext4_set_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_start,
                      ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len);
-       if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
+       if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+           (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
                gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
                ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
                                             ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb,
 
        ext4_group_t group, ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
 
+       if (!ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb))
+               return ngroups;
+
        for (group = 0; group < ngroups; group++) {
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
 
-               if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED)))
+               if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
+                       continue;
+               if (group != 0)
                        break;
+               ext4_error(sb, "Inode table for bg 0 marked as "
+                          "needing zeroing");
+               if (sb_rdonly(sb))
+                       return ngroups;
        }
 
        return group;