diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 5c56785007e0..a4950e91f61c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -708,16 +708,6 @@ static inline int test_root(ext4_group_t a, int b)
 	}
 }
 
-static int ext4_group_sparse(ext4_group_t group)
-{
-	if (group <= 1)
-		return 1;
-	if (!(group & 1))
-		return 0;
-	return (test_root(group, 7) || test_root(group, 5) ||
-		test_root(group, 3));
-}
-
 /**
  *	ext4_bg_has_super - number of blocks used by the superblock in group
  *	@sb: superblock for filesystem
@@ -728,11 +718,26 @@ static int ext4_group_sparse(ext4_group_t group)
  */
 int ext4_bg_has_super(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))
+	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+
+	if (group == 0)
+		return 1;
+	if (EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER2)) {
+		if (group == le32_to_cpu(es->s_backup_bgs[0]) ||
+		    group == le32_to_cpu(es->s_backup_bgs[1]))
+			return 1;
 		return 0;
-	return 1;
+	}
+	if ((group <= 1) || !EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+					EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER))
+		return 1;
+	if (!(group & 1))
+		return 0;
+	if (test_root(group, 3) || (test_root(group, 5)) ||
+	    test_root(group, 7))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb_meta(struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index aeda5061a59a..4feb2d5819ae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1160,7 +1160,8 @@ struct ext4_super_block {
 	__le32	s_usr_quota_inum;	/* inode for tracking user quota */
 	__le32	s_grp_quota_inum;	/* inode for tracking group quota */
 	__le32	s_overhead_clusters;	/* overhead blocks/clusters in fs */
-	__le32	s_reserved[108];	/* Padding to the end of the block */
+	__le32	s_backup_bgs[2];	/* groups with sparse_super2 SBs */
+	__le32	s_reserved[106];	/* Padding to the end of the block */
 	__le32	s_checksum;		/* crc32c(superblock) */
 };
 
@@ -1506,6 +1507,7 @@ static inline void ext4_clear_state_flags(struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR		0x0008
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE	0x0010
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX		0x0020
+#define EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER2	0x0200
 
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER	0x0001
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE	0x0002