handle_t *handle;
        ext4_fsblk_t blk;
        int num, ret = 0, used_blks = 0;
+       unsigned long used_inos = 0;
 
        /* This should not happen, but just to be sure check this */
        if (sb_rdonly(sb)) {
         * used inodes so we need to skip blocks with used inodes in
         * inode table.
         */
-       if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)))
-               used_blks = DIV_ROUND_UP((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
-                           ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)),
-                           sbi->s_inodes_per_block);
-
-       if ((used_blks < 0) || (used_blks > sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
-           ((group == 0) && ((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
-                              ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)) <
-                             EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb)))) {
-               ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
-                          "used itable blocks: %d; "
-                          "itable unused count: %u",
-                          group, used_blks,
-                          ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp));
-               ret = 1;
-               goto err_out;
+       if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT))) {
+               used_inos = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
+                           ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
+               used_blks = DIV_ROUND_UP(used_inos, sbi->s_inodes_per_block);
+
+               /* Bogus inode unused count? */
+               if (used_blks < 0 || used_blks > sbi->s_itb_per_group) {
+                       ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
+                                  "used itable blocks: %d; "
+                                  "itable unused count: %u",
+                                  group, used_blks,
+                                  ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp));
+                       ret = 1;
+                       goto err_out;
+               }
+
+               used_inos += group * EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+               /*
+                * Are there some uninitialized inodes in the inode table
+                * before the first normal inode?
+                */
+               if ((used_blks != sbi->s_itb_per_group) &&
+                    (used_inos < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb))) {
+                       ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
+                                  "itable unused count: %u; "
+                                  "itables initialized count: %ld",
+                                  group, ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp),
+                                  used_inos);
+                       ret = 1;
+                       goto err_out;
+               }
        }
 
        blk = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) + used_blks;