1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index d34afad3e137..d129c1039f1d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4476,10 +4476,11 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
         sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
         es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
-        if (!ext4_data_block_valid(sbi, block, count)) {
+        if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED) &&
+            !ext4_data_block_valid(sbi, block, count)) {
                 ext4_error(sb, __func__,
-                            "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "
-                            "block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
+                           "Freeing blocks not in datazone - "
+                           "block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
                 goto error_return;
         }