diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 9f086a6a472b..9ecb92f68543 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	blk = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh->b_blocknr + 1 + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
-	data = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	data = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count %
+					 EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb));
 	end = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + EXT4_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 
 	/* Get each reserved primary GDT block and verify it holds backups */