diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index fe34d74cfb19..2a117e286e54 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ got:
 			gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
 			free = ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, gdp);
 			gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(free);
+			gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group,
+								gdp);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));