diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 4b95bfe4c8f7..762dff7b56fb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,8 @@ static int ext3_setup_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
 static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 {
 	struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
-	ext3_fsblk_t block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+	ext3_fsblk_t first_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+	ext3_fsblk_t last_block;
 	struct ext3_group_desc * gdp = NULL;
 	int desc_block = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -1183,12 +1184,17 @@ static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_groups_count; i++)
 	{
+		if (i == sbi->s_groups_count - 1)
+			last_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_blocks_count) - 1;
+		else
+			last_block = first_block +
+				(EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1);
+
 		if ((i % EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb)) == 0)
 			gdp = (struct ext3_group_desc *)
 					sbi->s_group_desc[desc_block++]->b_data;
-		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) < block ||
-		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) >=
-				block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) < first_block ||
+		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) > last_block)
 		{
 			ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
 				    "Block bitmap for group %d"
@@ -1197,9 +1203,8 @@ static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 					le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap));
 			return 0;
 		}
-		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) < block ||
-		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) >=
-				block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) < first_block ||
+		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) > last_block)
 		{
 			ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
 				    "Inode bitmap for group %d"
@@ -1208,9 +1213,9 @@ static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 					le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap));
 			return 0;
 		}
-		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) < block ||
-		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) + sbi->s_itb_per_group >=
-		    block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+		if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) < first_block ||
+		    le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) + sbi->s_itb_per_group >
+		    last_block)
 		{
 			ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
 				    "Inode table for group %d"
@@ -1219,7 +1224,7 @@ static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 					le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table));
 			return 0;
 		}
-		block += EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+		first_block += EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 		gdp++;
 	}
 
@@ -1622,10 +1627,9 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	if (EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) == 0)
 		goto cantfind_ext3;
-	sbi->s_groups_count = (le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) -
-			       le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) +
-			       EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1) /
-			      EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+	sbi->s_groups_count = ((le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) -
+			       le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) - 1)
+				       / EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)) + 1;
 	db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
 		   EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 	sbi->s_group_desc = kmalloc(db_count * sizeof (struct buffer_head *),