diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 24eb52f9059ca5fc48b75c7dfefe23d6e2c55a4b..78788659ccf5def57808c673dda1234aefbb5f4b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 	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: