diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index bb3cfcd545ce..0a95bdb1e07b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5930,13 +5930,7 @@ do_more:
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	if (in_range(ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp), block, count) ||
-	    in_range(ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp), block, count) ||
-	    in_range(block, ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp),
-		     sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
-	    in_range(block + count - 1, ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp),
-		     sbi->s_itb_per_group)) {
-
+	if (!ext4_inode_block_valid(inode, block, count)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Freeing blocks in system zone - "
 			   "Block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
 		/* err = 0. ext4_std_error should be a no op */
@@ -6007,7 +6001,7 @@ do_more:
 						 NULL);
 			if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "discard request in"
-					 " group:%d block:%d count:%lu failed"
+					 " group:%u block:%d count:%lu failed"
 					 " with %d", block_group, bit, count,
 					 err);
 		} else
@@ -6220,11 +6214,7 @@ int ext4_group_add_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	if (in_range(ext4_block_bitmap(sb, desc), block, count) ||
-	    in_range(ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc), block, count) ||
-	    in_range(block, ext4_inode_table(sb, desc), sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
-	    in_range(block + count - 1, ext4_inode_table(sb, desc),
-		     sbi->s_itb_per_group)) {
+	if (!ext4_sb_block_valid(sb, NULL, block, count)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Adding blocks in system zones - "
 			   "Block = %llu, count = %lu",
 			   block, count);