diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index e7ae26e36c9c..4d5c0fc9d23a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, gdb_bh);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		ext4_std_error(sb, err);
+		iloc.bh = NULL;
 		goto errout;
 	}
 	brelse(dind);