diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 82df738e5403..bad13f049fb0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, gdb_bh);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		ext4_std_error(sb, err);
+		iloc.bh = NULL;
 		goto exit_inode;
 	}
 	brelse(dind);