diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index c3c60bc3e072..0016503d83ef 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static u32 ocfs2_bits_per_group(struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl)
 
 #define do_error(fmt, ...)						\
 	do{								\
-		if (clean_error)					\
+		if (resize)					\
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
 		else							\
 			ocfs2_error(sb, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static u32 ocfs2_bits_per_group(struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl)
 
 static int ocfs2_validate_gd_self(struct super_block *sb,
 				  struct buffer_head *bh,
-				  int clean_error)
+				  int resize)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *)bh->b_data;
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_gd_self(struct super_block *sb,
 static int ocfs2_validate_gd_parent(struct super_block *sb,
 				    struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 				    struct buffer_head *bh,
-				    int clean_error)
+				    int resize)
 {
 	unsigned int max_bits;
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *)bh->b_data;
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_gd_parent(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(gd->bg_chain) >=
-	    le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_chain.cl_next_free_rec)) {
+	/* In resize, we may meet the case bg_chain == cl_next_free_rec. */
+	if ((le16_to_cpu(gd->bg_chain) >
+	     le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_chain.cl_next_free_rec)) ||
+	    ((le16_to_cpu(gd->bg_chain) ==
+	     le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_chain.cl_next_free_rec)) && !resize)) {
 		do_error("Group descriptor #%llu has bad chain %u",
 			 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
 			 le16_to_cpu(gd->bg_chain));