diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index ebbc663d0798..c3fa30878ca8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 		bh = bclean(handle, sb, block);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(bh);
-			bh = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		overhead = ext4_group_overhead_blocks(sb, group);
@@ -618,9 +617,9 @@ static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 		ext4_mark_bitmap_end(EXT4_B2C(sbi, group_data[i].blocks_count),
 				     sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
 		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
-		brelse(bh);
 
 handle_ib:
 		if (bg_flags[i] & EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)
@@ -635,18 +634,16 @@ static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 		bh = bclean(handle, sb, block);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(bh);
-			bh = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
 		ext4_mark_bitmap_end(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb),
 				     sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
 		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
-		brelse(bh);
 	}
-	bh = NULL;
 
 	/* Mark group tables in block bitmap */
 	for (j = 0; j < GROUP_TABLE_COUNT; j++) {
@@ -685,7 +682,6 @@ static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 out:
-	brelse(bh);
 	err2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err2 && !err)
 		err = err2;