--- fs/ext4/super.c.0 2010-11-16 10:48:33.418629215 +0300 +++ fs/ext4/super.c 2010-11-16 10:46:07.739753246 +0300 @@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ set_qf_format: return 0; if (option < 0 || option > (1 << 30)) return 0; - if (!is_power_of_2(option)) { + if (option && !is_power_of_2(option)) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "EXT4-fs: inode_readahead_blks" " must be a power of 2"); @@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ static ssize_t inode_readahead_blks_stor if (parse_strtoul(buf, 0x40000000, &t)) return -EINVAL; - if (!is_power_of_2(t)) + if (t && !is_power_of_2(t)) return -EINVAL; sbi->s_inode_readahead_blks = t;