diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 9c9eafd6bd76..70266a3355dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ static int ext4_validate_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
+	if (buffer_verified(bh))
+		goto verified;
 	if (unlikely(!ext4_block_bitmap_csum_verify(sb, block_group,
 			desc, bh))) {
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
@@ -401,6 +403,7 @@ static int ext4_validate_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
 	set_buffer_verified(bh);
+verified:
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 95341bc2b3b7..e38340b218a0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ static int ext4_validate_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
 	ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
+	if (buffer_verified(bh))
+		goto verified;
 	blk = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc);
 	if (!ext4_inode_bitmap_csum_verify(sb, block_group, desc, bh,
 					   EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8)) {
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ static int ext4_validate_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EFSBADCRC;
 	}
 	set_buffer_verified(bh);
+verified:
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
 	return 0;
 }