diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index d7f242a..770bbb4 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1254,14 +1254,14 @@
 static int ext3_check_descriptors(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
-	ext3_fsblk_t first_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
-	ext3_fsblk_t last_block;
 	int i;
 
 	ext3_debug ("Checking group descriptors");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_groups_count; i++) {
 		struct ext3_group_desc *gdp = ext3_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
+		ext3_fsblk_t first_block = ext3_group_first_block_no(sb, i);
+		ext3_fsblk_t last_block;
 
 		if (i == sbi->s_groups_count - 1)
 			last_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_blocks_count) - 1;
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@
 					le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table));
 			return 0;
 		}
-		first_block += EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	}
 
 	sbi->s_es->s_free_blocks_count=cpu_to_le32(ext3_count_free_blocks(sb));
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 8516831..ca591ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -799,10 +799,8 @@
 			get_bh(new_bh);
 		} else {
 			/* We need to allocate a new block */
-			ext3_fsblk_t goal = le32_to_cpu(
-					EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block) +
-				(ext3_fsblk_t)EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_group *
-				EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+			ext3_fsblk_t goal = ext3_group_first_block_no(sb,
+						EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_group);
 			ext3_fsblk_t block = ext3_new_block(handle, inode,
 							goal, &error);
 			if (error)