diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsmap.c b/fs/ext4/fsmap.c
index 63545fbf2b004..1b68586f73f3f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsmap.c
@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ static unsigned int ext4_getfsmap_find_sb(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* Reserved GDT blocks */
 	if (!ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb) || metagroup < first_meta_bg) {
 		len = le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks);
+
+		/*
+		 * mkfs.ext4 can set s_reserved_gdt_blocks as 0 in some cases,
+		 * check for that.
+		 */
+		if (!len)
+			return 0;
+
 		error = ext4_getfsmap_fill(meta_list, fsb, len,
 					   EXT4_FMR_OWN_RESV_GDT);
 		if (error)