diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 8e83b51e3c68a..fbd0329cf254e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -910,11 +910,11 @@ unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group)
 }
 
 /*
- * This function returns the number of file system metadata clusters at
+ * This function returns the number of file system metadata blocks at
  * the beginning of a block group, including the reserved gdt blocks.
  */
-static unsigned ext4_num_base_meta_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
-				     ext4_group_t block_group)
+unsigned int ext4_num_base_meta_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
+				       ext4_group_t block_group)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	unsigned num;
@@ -932,8 +932,15 @@ static unsigned ext4_num_base_meta_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
 	} else { /* For META_BG_BLOCK_GROUPS */
 		num += ext4_bg_num_gdb(sb, block_group);
 	}
-	return EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, num);
+	return num;
 }
+
+static unsigned int ext4_num_base_meta_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
+						ext4_group_t block_group)
+{
+	return EXT4_NUM_B2C(EXT4_SB(sb), ext4_num_base_meta_blocks(sb, block_group));
+}
+
 /**
  *	ext4_inode_to_goal_block - return a hint for block allocation
  *	@inode: inode for block allocation
diff --git a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
index 5504f72bbbbe7..6fe3c941b5651 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ int ext4_setup_system_zone(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct ext4_system_blocks *system_blks;
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
 	ext4_group_t i;
-	int flex_size = ext4_flex_bg_size(sbi);
 	int ret;
 
 	system_blks = kzalloc(sizeof(*system_blks), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -223,12 +222,13 @@ int ext4_setup_system_zone(struct super_block *sb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i=0; i < ngroups; i++) {
+		unsigned int meta_blks = ext4_num_base_meta_blocks(sb, i);
+
 		cond_resched();
-		if (ext4_bg_has_super(sb, i) &&
-		    ((i < 5) || ((i % flex_size) == 0))) {
+		if (meta_blks != 0) {
 			ret = add_system_zone(system_blks,
 					ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, i),
-					ext4_bg_num_gdb(sb, i) + 1, 0);
+					meta_blks, 0);
 			if (ret)
 				goto err;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 0ea3960cb83ee..72abb8d6caf75 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3096,6 +3096,8 @@ extern const char *ext4_decode_error(struct super_block *sb, int errno,
 extern void ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(struct super_block *sb,
 					     ext4_group_t block_group,
 					     unsigned int flags);
+extern unsigned int ext4_num_base_meta_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
+					      ext4_group_t block_group);
 
 extern __printf(7, 8)
 void __ext4_error(struct super_block *, const char *, unsigned int, bool,