diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 70d4f6e3aaa7..4687d5972074 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,8 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 		int gdb_num = group / EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 		int gdb_num_end = ((group + flex_gd->count - 1) /
 				   EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
-		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb);
+		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb) &&
+			      gdb_num >= le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_meta_bg);
 		sector_t padding_blocks = meta_bg ? 0 : sbi->s_sbh->b_blocknr -
 					 ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, 0);
 		sector_t old_gdb = 0;