diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index f86207b..e7b2baf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -1533,9 +1533,6 @@
  */
 unsigned long ext2_bg_num_gdb(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-	if (EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)&&
-	    !ext2_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT2_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext2_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT2_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 245949e..a757130 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1848,11 +1848,7 @@
 
 static unsigned long ext3_bg_num_gdb_nometa(struct super_block *sb, int group)
 {
-	if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-				EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
-			!ext3_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext3_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 7b42cc1..0737e05 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -2011,11 +2011,7 @@
 static unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb_nometa(struct super_block *sb,
 					ext4_group_t group)
 {
-	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-				EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER) &&
-			!ext4_group_sparse(group))
-		return 0;
-	return EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	return ext4_bg_has_super(sb, group) ? EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count : 0;
 }
 
 /**