diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index f298c60f907d..ca4588388fc3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb, int blk_off, char *data,
 			break;
 
 		if (meta_bg == 0)
-			backup_block = group * bpg + blk_off;
+			backup_block = ((ext4_fsblk_t)group) * bpg + blk_off;
 		else
 			backup_block = (ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, group) +
 					ext4_bg_has_super(sb, group));