diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 5d34899..a080d7f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 unsigned ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		 ext4_group_t block_group, struct ext4_group_desc *gdp)
 {
-	unsigned long start;
 	int bit, bit_max;
 	unsigned free_blocks, group_blocks;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
@@ -106,11 +105,12 @@
 	free_blocks = group_blocks - bit_max;
 
 	if (bh) {
+		ext4_fsblk_t start;
+
 		for (bit = 0; bit < bit_max; bit++)
 			ext4_set_bit(bit, bh->b_data);
 
-		start = block_group * EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) +
-			le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+		start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
 
 		/* Set bits for block and inode bitmaps, and inode table */
 		ext4_set_bit(ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp) - start, bh->b_data);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 726716b..bc1d7da 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -806,10 +806,8 @@
 			get_bh(new_bh);
 		} else {
 			/* We need to allocate a new block */
-			ext4_fsblk_t goal = le32_to_cpu(
-					EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block) +
-				(ext4_fsblk_t)EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_group *
-				EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
+			ext4_fsblk_t goal = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb,
+						EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_group);
 			ext4_fsblk_t block = ext4_new_block(handle, inode,
 							goal, &error);
 			if (error)