diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index d901653fc86cca63adb25ccd2bcb79b62f9ff342..65ec76f4abdefd2ba0135cbe39c7f77568c165ce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,8 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 		int gdb_num = group / EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 		int gdb_num_end = ((group + flex_gd->count - 1) /
 				   EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
-		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb);
+		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb) &&
+			      gdb_num >= le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_meta_bg);
 		sector_t old_gdb = 0;
 
 		update_backups(sb, ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, 0),