diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index d65d43c61857..b2b47bb79529 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ 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: