diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 3d9b18505c0c799b272553d0adf81fa26e6a6833..90061c3d048b0d3026875fbc50460d3b09606e87 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -932,11 +932,18 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
 	memcpy(n_group_desc, o_group_desc,
 	       EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count * sizeof(struct buffer_head *));
 	n_group_desc[gdb_num] = gdb_bh;
+
+	BUFFER_TRACE(gdb_bh, "get_write_access");
+	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb_bh);
+	if (err) {
+		kvfree(n_group_desc);
+		brelse(gdb_bh);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_group_desc = n_group_desc;
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count++;
 	kvfree(o_group_desc);
-	BUFFER_TRACE(gdb_bh, "get_write_access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb_bh);
 	return err;
 }