diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 080e25f6ef56..ad1d4c8faf44 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -861,8 +861,10 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(dind, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dind);
-	if (unlikely(err))
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		ext4_std_error(sb, err);
+		goto errout;
+	}
 
 	/* ext4_reserve_inode_write() gets a reference on the iloc */
 	err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);