diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 8a2e202ade8a..e68cefe08261 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -438,7 +438,16 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
 		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);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4d6e007f3569..da6c10c1e37a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -150,7 +150,16 @@ ext4_read_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
 	}
 
 	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);
@@ -994,7 +1003,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 
 		/* 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));
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 243c42fdc155..402c769c51ea 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,8 @@ int ext4_mb_add_groupinfo(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 	 * 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 {
@@ -3010,7 +3011,8 @@ ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 #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,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c61675d62195..4d34430d75f6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3139,13 +3139,22 @@ static ext4_group_t ext4_has_uninit_itable(struct super_block *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;