diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 8359e7b3dc8..5f83b617917 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			goto exit_bh;
 
 		if (IS_ERR(gdb = bclean(handle, sb, block))) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(bh);
+			err = PTR_ERR(gdb);
 			goto exit_bh;
 		}
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);