diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8ff8709828fd..517c90ad25bd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2041,8 +2041,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	const char *descr;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	int blocksize;
-	int db_count;
-	int i;
+	unsigned int db_count;
+	unsigned int i;
 	int needs_recovery, has_huge_files;
 	int features;
 	__u64 blocks_count;
@@ -2331,20 +2331,30 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) == 0)
 		goto cantfind_ext4;
 
-	/* ensure blocks_count calculation below doesn't sign-extend */
-	if (ext4_blocks_count(es) + EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) <
-	    le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) + 1) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "EXT4-fs: bad geometry: block count %llu, "
-		       "first data block %u, blocks per group %lu\n",
-			ext4_blocks_count(es),
-			le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block),
-			EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb));
+        /*
+         * It makes no sense for the first data block to be beyond the end
+         * of the filesystem.
+         */
+        if (le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) >= ext4_blocks_count(es)) {
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "EXT4-fs: bad geometry: first data"
+		       "block %u is beyond end of filesystem (%llu)\n",
+		       le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block),
+		       ext4_blocks_count(es));
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 	blocks_count = (ext4_blocks_count(es) -
 			le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) +
 			EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1);
 	do_div(blocks_count, EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb));
+	if (blocks_count > ((uint64_t)1<<32) - EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "EXT4-fs: groups count too large: %u "
+		       "(block count %llu, first data block %u, "
+		       "blocks per group %lu)\n", sbi->s_groups_count,
+		       ext4_blocks_count(es),
+		       le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block),
+		       EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb));
+		goto failed_mount;
+	}
 	sbi->s_groups_count = blocks_count;
 	db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
 		   EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);