diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index e4f02572f69d..b57ad93a0ba6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ retry:
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (ext4_blocks_count(es) == n_blocks_count)
+	if (ext4_blocks_count(es) == n_blocks_count && n_blocks_count_retry == 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	err = ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(sb, n_group + 1);