if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, block_group, gdp)) {
                        ext4_error(sb, __func__,
                                  "Checksum bad for group %u", block_group);
-                       gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = 0;
-                       gdp->bg_free_inodes_count = 0;
-                       gdp->bg_itable_unused = 0;
+                       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+                       ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+                       ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp, 0);
                        memset(bh->b_data, 0xff, sb->s_blocksize);
                        return 0;
                }
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
        struct ext4_super_block *es;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
-       int err = 0, ret;
+       int err = 0, ret, blk_free_count;
        ext4_grpblk_t blocks_freed;
        struct ext4_group_info *grp;
 
                }
        }
        spin_lock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
-       le16_add_cpu(&desc->bg_free_blocks_count, blocks_freed);
+       blk_free_count = blocks_freed + ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc);
+       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, desc, blk_free_count);
        desc->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, block_group, desc);
        spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
        percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, blocks_freed);
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
-               desc_count += le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_blocks_count);
+               desc_count += ext4_free_blks_count(sb, gdp);
        }
 
        return desc_count;
 
        __le32  bg_block_bitmap_lo;     /* Blocks bitmap block */
        __le32  bg_inode_bitmap_lo;     /* Inodes bitmap block */
        __le32  bg_inode_table_lo;      /* Inodes table block */
-       __le16  bg_free_blocks_count;   /* Free blocks count */
-       __le16  bg_free_inodes_count;   /* Free inodes count */
-       __le16  bg_used_dirs_count;     /* Directories count */
+       __le16  bg_free_blocks_count_lo;/* Free blocks count */
+       __le16  bg_free_inodes_count_lo;/* Free inodes count */
+       __le16  bg_used_dirs_count_lo;  /* Directories count */
        __le16  bg_flags;               /* EXT4_BG_flags (INODE_UNINIT, etc) */
        __u32   bg_reserved[2];         /* Likely block/inode bitmap checksum */
-       __le16  bg_itable_unused;       /* Unused inodes count */
+       __le16  bg_itable_unused_lo;    /* Unused inodes count */
        __le16  bg_checksum;            /* crc16(sb_uuid+group+desc) */
        __le32  bg_block_bitmap_hi;     /* Blocks bitmap block MSB */
        __le32  bg_inode_bitmap_hi;     /* Inodes bitmap block MSB */
        __le16  bg_free_blocks_count_hi;/* Free blocks count MSB */
        __le16  bg_free_inodes_count_hi;/* Free inodes count MSB */
        __le16  bg_used_dirs_count_hi;  /* Directories count MSB */
-       __le16  bg_itable_unused_hi;    /* Unused inodes count MSB */
+       __le16  bg_itable_unused_hi;    /* Unused inodes count MSB */
        __u32   bg_reserved2[3];
 };
 
                                      struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
 extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_inode_table(struct super_block *sb,
                                     struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
+extern __u32 ext4_free_blks_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                               struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
+extern __u32 ext4_free_inodes_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                                struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
+extern __u32 ext4_used_dirs_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                               struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
+extern __u32 ext4_itable_unused_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                                  struct ext4_group_desc *bg);
 extern void ext4_block_bitmap_set(struct super_block *sb,
                                  struct ext4_group_desc *bg, ext4_fsblk_t blk);
 extern void ext4_inode_bitmap_set(struct super_block *sb,
                                  struct ext4_group_desc *bg, ext4_fsblk_t blk);
 extern void ext4_inode_table_set(struct super_block *sb,
                                 struct ext4_group_desc *bg, ext4_fsblk_t blk);
+extern void ext4_free_blks_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                              struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count);
+extern void ext4_free_inodes_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                               struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count);
+extern void ext4_used_dirs_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                               struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count);
+extern void ext4_itable_unused_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                                  struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count);
 
 static inline ext4_fsblk_t ext4_blocks_count(struct ext4_super_block *es)
 {
 
        if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, block_group, gdp)) {
                ext4_error(sb, __func__, "Checksum bad for group %u",
                           block_group);
-               gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = 0;
-               gdp->bg_free_inodes_count = 0;
-               gdp->bg_itable_unused = 0;
+               ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+               ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, 0);
+               ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp, 0);
                memset(bh->b_data, 0xff, sb->s_blocksize);
                return 0;
        }
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
        struct ext4_super_block *es;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
-       int fatal = 0, err;
+       int fatal = 0, err, count;
        ext4_group_t flex_group;
 
        if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1) {
 
                if (gdp) {
                        spin_lock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
-                       le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_inodes_count, 1);
-                       if (is_directory)
-                               le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_used_dirs_count, -1);
+                       count = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) + 1;
+                       ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, count);
+                       if (is_directory) {
+                               count = ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp) - 1;
+                               ext4_used_dirs_set(sb, gdp, count);
+                       }
                        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi,
                                                        block_group, gdp);
                        spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
 
        for (group = 0; group < ngroups; group++) {
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
-               if (!desc || !desc->bg_free_inodes_count)
+               if (!desc || !ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc))
                        continue;
-               if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) < avefreei)
+               if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) < avefreei)
                        continue;
                if (!best_desc ||
-                   (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count) >
-                    le16_to_cpu(best_desc->bg_free_blocks_count))) {
+                   (ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc) >
+                    ext4_free_blks_count(sb, best_desc))) {
                        *best_group = group;
                        best_desc = desc;
                        ret = 0;
        for (i = best_flex * flex_size; i < ngroups &&
                     i < (best_flex + 1) * flex_size; i++) {
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, &bh);
-               if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count)) {
+               if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc)) {
                        *best_group = i;
                        goto out;
                }
                for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                        grp = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, grp, NULL);
-                       if (!desc || !desc->bg_free_inodes_count)
+                       if (!desc || !ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc))
                                continue;
-                       if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_used_dirs_count) >= best_ndir)
+                       if (ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, desc) >= best_ndir)
                                continue;
-                       if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) < avefreei)
+                       if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) < avefreei)
                                continue;
-                       if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count) < avefreeb)
+                       if (ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc) < avefreeb)
                                continue;
                        *group = grp;
                        ret = 0;
-                       best_ndir = le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_used_dirs_count);
+                       best_ndir = ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, desc);
                }
                if (ret == 0)
                        return ret;
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                *group = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
-               if (!desc || !desc->bg_free_inodes_count)
+               if (!desc || !ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc))
                        continue;
-               if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_used_dirs_count) >= max_dirs)
+               if (ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, desc) >= max_dirs)
                        continue;
-               if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) < min_inodes)
+               if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) < min_inodes)
                        continue;
-               if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count) < min_blocks)
+               if (ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc) < min_blocks)
                        continue;
                return 0;
        }
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                *group = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
-               if (desc && desc->bg_free_inodes_count &&
-                       le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) >= avefreei)
+               if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) &&
+                       ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) >= avefreei)
                        return 0;
        }
 
         */
        *group = parent_group;
        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
-       if (desc && le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) &&
-                       le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count))
+       if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) &&
+                       ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc))
                return 0;
 
        /*
                if (*group >= ngroups)
                        *group -= ngroups;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
-               if (desc && le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count) &&
-                               le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count))
+               if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) &&
+                               ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc))
                        return 0;
        }
 
                if (++*group >= ngroups)
                        *group = 0;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
-               if (desc && le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_inodes_count))
+               if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc))
                        return 0;
        }
 
        struct ext4_super_block *es;
        struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
-       int ret2, err = 0;
+       int ret2, err = 0, count;
        struct inode *ret;
        ext4_group_t i;
        int free = 0;
                if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
                        gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
                        free = ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, gdp);
-                       gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(free);
+                       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, free);
                        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group,
                                                                gdp);
                }
                        free = 0;
                } else {
                        free = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
-                               le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_itable_unused);
+                               ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
                }
 
                /*
                 *
                 */
                if (ino > free)
-                       gdp->bg_itable_unused =
-                               cpu_to_le16(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) - ino);
+                       ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp,
+                                       (EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) - ino));
        }
 
-       le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_inodes_count, -1);
+       count = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) - 1;
+       ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, count);
        if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-               le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_used_dirs_count, 1);
+               count = ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp) + 1;
+               ext4_used_dirs_set(sb, gdp, count);
        }
        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group, gdp);
        spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
-               desc_count += le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count);
+               desc_count += ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp);
                brelse(bitmap_bh);
                bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, i);
                if (!bitmap_bh)
 
                x = ext4_count_free(bitmap_bh, EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8);
                printk(KERN_DEBUG "group %lu: stored = %d, counted = %lu\n",
-                       i, le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count), x);
+                       i, ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp), x);
                bitmap_count += x;
        }
        brelse(bitmap_bh);
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
-               desc_count += le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count);
+               desc_count += ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp);
                cond_resched();
        }
        return desc_count;
                struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
-               count += le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_used_dirs_count);
+               count += ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp);
        }
        return count;
 }
 
                        num = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
                        if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
                                       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM))
-                               num -= le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_itable_unused);
+                               num -= ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
                        table += num / inodes_per_block;
                        if (end > table)
                                end = table;
 
                        ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, desc);
        } else {
                meta_group_info[i]->bb_free =
-                       le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count);
+                       ext4_free_blks_count(sb, desc);
        }
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&meta_group_info[i]->bb_prealloc_list);
                                ac->ac_b_ex.fe_start, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len);
        if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
                gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
-               gdp->bg_free_blocks_count =
-                       cpu_to_le16(ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb,
-                                               ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group,
-                                               gdp));
+               ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp,
+                                       ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb,
+                                       ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group, gdp));
        }
-       le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_blocks_count, -ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len);
+       len = ext4_free_blks_count(sb, gdp) - ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len;
+       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, len);
        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group, gdp);
        spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group));
        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len);
        }
 
        spin_lock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
-       le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_blocks_count, count);
+       ret = ext4_free_blks_count(sb, gdp) + count;
+       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, ret);
        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, block_group, gdp);
        spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
        percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, count);
 
        ext4_block_bitmap_set(sb, gdp, input->block_bitmap); /* LV FIXME */
        ext4_inode_bitmap_set(sb, gdp, input->inode_bitmap); /* LV FIXME */
        ext4_inode_table_set(sb, gdp, input->inode_table); /* LV FIXME */
-       gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(input->free_blocks_count);
-       gdp->bg_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le16(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
+       ext4_free_blks_set(sb, gdp, input->free_blocks_count);
+       ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
        gdp->bg_flags |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED);
        gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, input->group, gdp);
 
 
                (ext4_fsblk_t)le32_to_cpu(bg->bg_inode_table_hi) << 32 : 0);
 }
 
+__u32 ext4_free_blks_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                             struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
+{
+       return le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_blocks_count_lo) |
+               (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT ?
+               (__u32)le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_blocks_count_hi) << 16 : 0);
+}
+
+__u32 ext4_free_inodes_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                             struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
+{
+       return le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo) |
+               (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT ?
+               (__u32)le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi) << 16 : 0);
+}
+
+__u32 ext4_used_dirs_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                             struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
+{
+       return le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_used_dirs_count_lo) |
+               (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT ?
+               (__u32)le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_used_dirs_count_hi) << 16 : 0);
+}
+
+__u32 ext4_itable_unused_count(struct super_block *sb,
+                             struct ext4_group_desc *bg)
+{
+       return le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_itable_unused_lo) |
+               (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT ?
+               (__u32)le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_itable_unused_hi) << 16 : 0);
+}
+
 void ext4_block_bitmap_set(struct super_block *sb,
                           struct ext4_group_desc *bg, ext4_fsblk_t blk)
 {
                bg->bg_inode_table_hi = cpu_to_le32(blk >> 32);
 }
 
+void ext4_free_blks_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                         struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count)
+{
+       bg->bg_free_blocks_count_lo = cpu_to_le16((__u16)count);
+       if (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT)
+               bg->bg_free_blocks_count_hi = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
+}
+
+void ext4_free_inodes_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                         struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count)
+{
+       bg->bg_free_inodes_count_lo = cpu_to_le16((__u16)count);
+       if (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT)
+               bg->bg_free_inodes_count_hi = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
+}
+
+void ext4_used_dirs_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                         struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count)
+{
+       bg->bg_used_dirs_count_lo = cpu_to_le16((__u16)count);
+       if (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT)
+               bg->bg_used_dirs_count_hi = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
+}
+
+void ext4_itable_unused_set(struct super_block *sb,
+                         struct ext4_group_desc *bg, __u32 count)
+{
+       bg->bg_itable_unused_lo = cpu_to_le16((__u16)count);
+       if (EXT4_DESC_SIZE(sb) >= EXT4_MIN_DESC_SIZE_64BIT)
+               bg->bg_itable_unused_hi = cpu_to_le16(count >> 16);
+}
+
 /*
  * Wrappers for jbd2_journal_start/end.
  *
 
                flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, i);
                sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_inodes +=
-                       le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count);
+                       ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp);
                sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_blocks +=
-                       le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_blocks_count);
+                       ext4_free_blks_count(sb, gdp);
        }
 
        return 1;