diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 689c02df1af4..2d8a49d74f56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3195,10 +3195,15 @@ static int count_overhead(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t grp,
 			ext4_set_bit(s++, buf);
 			count++;
 		}
-		for (j = ext4_bg_num_gdb(sb, grp); j > 0; j--) {
-			ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, s++), buf);
-			count++;
+		j = ext4_bg_num_gdb(sb, grp);
+		if (s + j > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Invalid number of block group "
+				   "descriptor blocks: %d", j);
+			j = EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - s;
 		}
+		count += j;
+		for (; j > 0; j--)
+			ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, s++), buf);
 	}
 	if (!count)
 		return 0;