diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 24eb52f9059c..78788659ccf5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
 out_free_group_bh:
+	if (ret < 0)
+		ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), group_bh);
 	brelse(group_bh);
 
 out_unlock: