diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index d6babf94907e..9e8d8ffb063f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ static unsigned ext4_num_base_meta_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
  * balloc.c contains the blocks allocation and deallocation routines
  */
 
+/*
+ * Calculate block group number for a given block number
+ */
+ext4_group_t ext4_get_group_number(struct super_block *sb,
+				   ext4_fsblk_t block)
+{
+	ext4_group_t group;
+
+	if (test_opt2(sb, STD_GROUP_SIZE))
+		group = (le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block) +
+			 block) >>
+			(EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb) + EXT4_CLUSTER_BITS(sb) + 3);
+	else
+		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &group, NULL);
+	return group;
+}
+
 /*
  * Calculate the block group number and offset into the block/cluster
  * allocation bitmap, given a block number
@@ -59,13 +76,7 @@ static inline int ext4_block_in_group(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	ext4_group_t actual_group;
 
-	if (test_opt2(sb, STD_GROUP_SIZE))
-		actual_group =
-			(le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block) +
-			block) >>
-			(EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb) + EXT4_CLUSTER_BITS(sb) + 3);
-	else
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &actual_group, NULL);
+	actual_group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, block);
 	return (actual_group == block_group) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index cc58aa8e9869..a0637e5057ae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1793,9 +1793,6 @@ ext4_group_first_block_no(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group_no)
  */
 #define ERR_BAD_DX_DIR	-75000
 
-void ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t blocknr,
-			ext4_group_t *blockgrpp, ext4_grpblk_t *offsetp);
-
 /*
  * Timeout and state flag for lazy initialization inode thread.
  */
@@ -1917,6 +1914,13 @@ int ext4_block_bitmap_csum_verify(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 				  struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 /* balloc.c */
+extern void ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(struct super_block *sb,
+					 ext4_fsblk_t blocknr,
+					 ext4_group_t *blockgrpp,
+					 ext4_grpblk_t *offsetp);
+extern ext4_group_t ext4_get_group_number(struct super_block *sb,
+					  ext4_fsblk_t block);
+
 extern void ext4_validate_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 				       struct ext4_group_desc *desc,
 				       unsigned int block_group,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 580aada3d1bb..8c8d05218021 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_put_pa(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	if (pa->pa_type == MB_GROUP_PA)
 		grp_blk--;
 
-	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, grp_blk, &grp, NULL);
+	grp = ext4_get_group_number(sb, grp_blk);
 
 	/*
 	 * possible race:
@@ -3809,7 +3809,7 @@ repeat:
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pa, tmp, &list, u.pa_tmp_list) {
 		BUG_ON(pa->pa_type != MB_INODE_PA);
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, pa->pa_pstart, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, pa->pa_pstart);
 
 		err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, group, &e4b);
 		if (err) {
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ ext4_mb_discard_lg_preallocations(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pa, tmp, &discard_list, u.pa_tmp_list) {
 
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, pa->pa_pstart, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, pa->pa_pstart);
 		if (ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, group, &e4b)) {
 			ext4_error(sb, "Error loading buddy information for %u",
 					group);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index c169477a62c9..e3498534a2c1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ next_group:
 		if (start_blk >= last_blk)
 			goto next_group;
 		group_data[bb_index].block_bitmap = start_blk++;
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, start_blk - 1, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, start_blk - 1);
 		group -= group_data[0].group;
 		group_data[group].free_blocks_count--;
 		if (flexbg_size > 1)
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ next_group:
 		if (start_blk >= last_blk)
 			goto next_group;
 		group_data[ib_index].inode_bitmap = start_blk++;
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, start_blk - 1, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, start_blk - 1);
 		group -= group_data[0].group;
 		group_data[group].free_blocks_count--;
 		if (flexbg_size > 1)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ next_group:
 		if (start_blk + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group > last_blk)
 			goto next_group;
 		group_data[it_index].inode_table = start_blk;
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, start_blk, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, start_blk - 1);
 		group -= group_data[0].group;
 		group_data[group].free_blocks_count -=
 					EXT4_SB(sb)->s_itb_per_group;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int set_flexbg_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, handle_t *handle,
 		ext4_group_t group;
 		int err;
 
-		ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &group, NULL);
+		group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, block);
 		start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, group);
 		group -= flex_gd->groups[0].group;
 
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ retry:
 		/* Nothing need to do */
 		return 0;
 
-	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, n_blocks_count - 1, &n_group, &offset);
+	n_group = ext4_get_group_number(sb, n_blocks_count - 1);
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, o_blocks_count - 1, &o_group, &offset);
 
 	n_desc_blocks = num_desc_blocks(sb, n_group + 1);