diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 5fee65afd58b..85158e9de7c2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -2058,6 +2058,10 @@ int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count)
 		n_blocks_count_retry = 0;
 		free_flex_gd(flex_gd);
 		flex_gd = NULL;
+		if (resize_inode) {
+			iput(resize_inode);
+			resize_inode = NULL;
+		}
 		goto retry;
 	}