--- zzzz-none-000/linux-4.4.271/fs/ext4/super.c	2021-06-03 06:22:09.000000000 +0000
+++ hawkeye-5590-750/linux-4.4.271/fs/ext4/super.c	2023-04-19 10:22:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -2903,8 +2903,14 @@
 		if (!gdp)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED)))
+		if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
+			continue;
+		if (group != 0)
 			break;
+		ext4_error(sb, "Inode table for bg 0 marked as "
+			   "needing zeroing");
+		if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+			return ngroups;
 	}
 
 	return group;