diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 5623eec7fd22..393689dfa1af 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
  * The fourth extended filesystem constants/structures
  */
 
+/*
+ * with AGGRESSIVE_CHECK allocator runs consistency checks over
+ * structures. these checks slow things down a lot
+ */
+#define AGGRESSIVE_CHECK__
+
+/*
+ * with DOUBLE_CHECK defined mballoc creates persistent in-core
+ * bitmaps, maintains and uses them to check for double allocations
+ */
+#define DOUBLE_CHECK__
+
 /*
  * Define EXT4FS_DEBUG to produce debug messages
  */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
index d634e183b4d4..3ef1df6ae9ec 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "ext4.h"
 
-/*
- * with AGGRESSIVE_CHECK allocator runs consistency checks over
- * structures. these checks slow things down a lot
- */
-#define AGGRESSIVE_CHECK__
-
-/*
- * with DOUBLE_CHECK defined mballoc creates persistent in-core
- * bitmaps, maintains and uses them to check for double allocations
- */
-#define DOUBLE_CHECK__
-
 /*
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG