diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index e3498534a2c1..08d2312c0fd4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,8 @@ static void ext4_update_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	/* Update the global fs size fields */
 	sbi->s_groups_count += flex_gd->count;
+	sbi->s_blockfile_groups = min_t(ext4_group_t, sbi->s_groups_count,
+			(EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS / EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb)));
 
 	/* Update the reserved block counts only once the new group is
 	 * active. */