static int ext3_check_descriptors (struct super_block * sb)
 {
        struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
-       ext3_fsblk_t block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+       ext3_fsblk_t first_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+       ext3_fsblk_t last_block;
        struct ext3_group_desc * gdp = NULL;
        int desc_block = 0;
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_groups_count; i++)
        {
+               if (i == sbi->s_groups_count - 1)
+                       last_block = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_blocks_count) - 1;
+               else
+                       last_block = first_block +
+                               (EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1);
+
                if ((i % EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb)) == 0)
                        gdp = (struct ext3_group_desc *)
                                        sbi->s_group_desc[desc_block++]->b_data;
-               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) < block ||
-                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) >=
-                               block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) < first_block ||
+                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap) > last_block)
                {
                        ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
                                    "Block bitmap for group %d"
                                        le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_block_bitmap));
                        return 0;
                }
-               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) < block ||
-                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) >=
-                               block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) < first_block ||
+                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap) > last_block)
                {
                        ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
                                    "Inode bitmap for group %d"
                                        le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_bitmap));
                        return 0;
                }
-               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) < block ||
-                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) + sbi->s_itb_per_group >=
-                   block + EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+               if (le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) < first_block ||
+                   le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) + sbi->s_itb_per_group >
+                   last_block)
                {
                        ext3_error (sb, "ext3_check_descriptors",
                                    "Inode table for group %d"
                                        le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table));
                        return 0;
                }
-               block += EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+               first_block += EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
                gdp++;
        }
 
 
        if (EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) == 0)
                goto cantfind_ext3;
-       sbi->s_groups_count = (le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) -
-                              le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) +
-                              EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - 1) /
-                             EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+       sbi->s_groups_count = ((le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) -
+                              le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) - 1)
+                                      / EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)) + 1;
        db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
                   EXT3_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
        sbi->s_group_desc = kmalloc(db_count * sizeof (struct buffer_head *),