diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 08ec69fd094f..76c3880eeff6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ retry:
 
 	err = ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(sb, n_group + 1);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 
 	err = ext4_mb_alloc_groupinfo(sb, n_group + 1);
 	if (err)