diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index de55da9e28ba..cb14de1502c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi->s_blocks_per_group = le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_per_group);
 	sbi->s_frags_per_group = le32_to_cpu(es->s_frags_per_group);
 	sbi->s_inodes_per_group = le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_per_group);
-	if (EXT3_INODE_SIZE(sb) == 0)
+	if (EXT3_INODE_SIZE(sb) == 0 || EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) == 0)
 		goto cantfind_ext3;
 	sbi->s_inodes_per_block = blocksize / EXT3_INODE_SIZE(sb);
 	if (sbi->s_inodes_per_block == 0)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8031dc0e24e5..1ca0f546c466 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		sbi->s_desc_size = EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE;
 	sbi->s_blocks_per_group = le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_per_group);
 	sbi->s_inodes_per_group = le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_per_group);
-	if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb) == 0)
+	if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb) == 0 || EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) == 0)
 		goto cantfind_ext4;
 	sbi->s_inodes_per_block = blocksize / EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb);
 	if (sbi->s_inodes_per_block == 0)