*/
 int ext3_bg_has_super(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-       if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)&&
-           !ext3_group_sparse(group))
+       if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+                               EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
+                       !ext3_group_sparse(group))
                return 0;
        return 1;
 }
 
+static unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb_meta(struct super_block *sb, int group)
+{
+       unsigned long metagroup = group / EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
+       unsigned long first = metagroup * EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
+       unsigned long last = first + EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1;
+
+       if (group == first || group == first + 1 || group == last)
+               return 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb_nometa(struct super_block *sb, int group)
+{
+       if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+                               EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
+                       !ext3_group_sparse(group))
+               return 0;
+       return EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+}
+
 /**
  *     ext3_bg_num_gdb - number of blocks used by the group table in group
  *     @sb: superblock for filesystem
  */
 unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-       if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)&&
-           !ext3_group_sparse(group))
-               return 0;
-       return EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
-}
+       unsigned long first_meta_bg =
+                       le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_meta_bg);
+       unsigned long metagroup = group / EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
+
+       if (!EXT3_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) ||
+                       metagroup < first_meta_bg)
+               return ext3_bg_num_gdb_nometa(sb,group);
 
+       return ext3_bg_num_gdb_meta(sb,group);
+
+}