diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9ce3b67..c9e06c6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3964,9 +3964,12 @@
 	else
 		es->s_kbytes_written =
 			cpu_to_le64(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_kbytes_written);
-	ext4_free_blocks_count_set(es, percpu_counter_sum_positive(
+	if (percpu_counter_initialized(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_freeblocks_counter))
+		ext4_free_blocks_count_set(es, percpu_counter_sum_positive(
 					&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_freeblocks_counter));
-	es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(percpu_counter_sum_positive(
+	if (percpu_counter_initialized(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_freeinodes_counter))
+		es->s_free_inodes_count =
+			cpu_to_le32(percpu_counter_sum_positive(
 					&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_freeinodes_counter));
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
index 8a7d510..46f6ba5 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static inline int percpu_counter_initialized(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+	return (fbc->counters != NULL);
+}
+
 #else
 
 struct percpu_counter {
@@ -143,6 +148,11 @@
 	return percpu_counter_read(fbc);
 }
 
+static inline int percpu_counter_initialized(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 static inline void percpu_counter_inc(struct percpu_counter *fbc)