diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 5e0faf4..69c3d47 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2914,13 +2914,7 @@ struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		atomic_set(&ei->i_datasync_tid, tid);
 	}
 
-	if (inode->i_ino >= EXT3_FIRST_INO(inode->i_sb) + 1 &&
-	    EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
-		/*
-		 * When mke2fs creates big inodes it does not zero out
-		 * the unused bytes above EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE,
-		 * so ignore those first few inodes.
-		 */
+	if (EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
 		ei->i_extra_isize = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_extra_isize);
 		if (EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + ei->i_extra_isize >
 		    EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb)) {