diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 9e06334771a3..38e7dc2531b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5928,6 +5928,15 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
+	if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED) &&
+	    !ext4_inode_block_valid(inode, block, count)) {
+		ext4_error(sb, "Freeing blocks in system zone - "
+			   "Block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
+		/* err = 0. ext4_std_error should be a no op */
+		goto error_return;
+	}
+	flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
+
 do_more:
 	overflow = 0;
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &block_group, &bit);
@@ -5944,6 +5953,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		overflow = EXT4_C2B(sbi, bit) + count -
 			EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb);
 		count -= overflow;
+		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
+		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	}
 	count_clusters = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, count);
 	bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, block_group);
@@ -5958,7 +5969,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	if (!ext4_inode_block_valid(inode, block, count)) {
+	if (!(flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED) &&
+	    !ext4_inode_block_valid(inode, block, count)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Freeing blocks in system zone - "
 			   "Block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
 		/* err = 0. ext4_std_error should be a no op */
@@ -6081,6 +6093,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_clear_bb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		block += count;
 		count = overflow;
 		put_bh(bitmap_bh);
+		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
+		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 		goto do_more;
 	}
 error_return:
@@ -6127,6 +6141,7 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			   "block = %llu, count = %lu", block, count);
 		return;
 	}
+	flags |= EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 
 	ext4_debug("freeing block %llu\n", block);
 	trace_ext4_free_blocks(inode, block, count, flags);
@@ -6158,6 +6173,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			block -= overflow;
 			count += overflow;
 		}
+		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
+		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	}
 	overflow = EXT4_LBLK_COFF(sbi, count);
 	if (overflow) {
@@ -6168,6 +6185,8 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				return;
 		} else
 			count += sbi->s_cluster_ratio - overflow;
+		/* The range changed so it's no longer validated */
+		flags &= ~EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED;
 	}
 
 	if (!bh && (flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET)) {
-- 2.35.3