diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 178fb2f11c3f..5b423f89efda 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *bclean(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
  * If that fails, restart the transaction & regain write access for the
  * buffer head which is used for block_bitmap modifications.
  */
-static int extend_or_restart_transaction(handle_t *handle, int thresh,
-					 struct buffer_head *bh)
+static int extend_or_restart_transaction(handle_t *handle, int thresh)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -173,9 +172,8 @@ static int extend_or_restart_transaction(handle_t *handle, int thresh,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 	if (err) {
-		if ((err = ext4_journal_restart(handle, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA)))
-			return err;
-		if ((err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh)))
+		err = ext4_journal_restart(handle, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
+		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
 
@@ -212,29 +210,24 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	BUG_ON(input->group != sbi->s_groups_count);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(bh = bclean(handle, sb, input->block_bitmap))) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(bh);
-		goto exit_journal;
-	}
-
 	/* Copy all of the GDT blocks into the backup in this group */
 	for (i = 0, bit = 1, block = start + 1;
 	     i < gdblocks; i++, block++, bit++) {
 		struct buffer_head *gdb;
 
 		ext4_debug("update backup group %#04llx (+%d)\n", block, bit);
-
-		if ((err = extend_or_restart_transaction(handle, 1, bh)))
-			goto exit_bh;
+		err = extend_or_restart_transaction(handle, 1);
+		if (err)
+			goto exit_journal;
 
 		gdb = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 		if (!gdb) {
 			err = -EIO;
-			goto exit_bh;
+			goto exit_journal;
 		}
 		if ((err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb))) {
 			brelse(gdb);
-			goto exit_bh;
+			goto exit_journal;
 		}
 		lock_buffer(gdb);
 		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, gdb->b_size);
@@ -243,7 +236,7 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, gdb);
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 			brelse(gdb);
-			goto exit_bh;
+			goto exit_journal;
 		}
 		brelse(gdb);
 	}
@@ -254,7 +247,17 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	err = sb_issue_zeroout(sb, gdblocks + start + 1, reserved_gdb,
 			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit_bh;
+		goto exit_journal;
+
+	err = extend_or_restart_transaction(handle, 2);
+	if (err)
+		goto exit_journal;
+
+	bh = bclean(handle, sb, input->block_bitmap);
+	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(bh);
+		goto exit_journal;
+	}
 
 	if (ext4_bg_has_super(sb, input->group)) {
 		ext4_debug("mark backup group tables %#04llx (+0)\n", start);
@@ -278,8 +281,6 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	ext4_set_bits(bh->b_data, input->inode_table - start,
 		      sbi->s_itb_per_group);
 
-	if ((err = extend_or_restart_transaction(handle, 2, bh)))
-		goto exit_bh;
 
 	ext4_mark_bitmap_end(input->blocks_count, sb->s_blocksize * 8,
 			     bh->b_data);