diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 28cfd0b40527..77278e947e94 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	blk = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh->b_blocknr + 1 + EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
-	data = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count;
+	data = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_gdb_count %
+					 EXT3_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb));
 	end = (__le32 *)dind->b_data + EXT3_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 
 	/* Get each reserved primary GDT block and verify it holds backups */