diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 1f8cb18..e38dd7d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2405,6 +2405,16 @@
 	if (ext4_bg_has_super(sb, bg))
 		has_super = 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we have a meta_bg fs with 1k blocks, group 0's GDT is at
+	 * block 2, not 1.  If s_first_data_block == 0 (bigalloc is enabled
+	 * on modern mke2fs or blksize > 1k on older mke2fs) then we must
+	 * compensate.
+	 */
+	if (sb->s_blocksize == 1024 && nr == 0 &&
+	    le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block) == 0)
+		has_super++;
+
 	return (has_super + ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, bg));
 }