diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 0a9265164265fda4be2aa94c1db1941c3bb0b247..b3d35604ea1890f3b33567658ba9827f4d2c3a98 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -773,7 +773,8 @@ int ext4_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_new_group_data *input)
 
 	if (reserved_gdb || gdb_off == 0) {
 		if (!EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-					     EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE)){
+					     EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE)
+		    || !le16_to_cpu(es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks)) {
 			ext4_warning(sb, __func__,
 				     "No reserved GDT blocks, can't resize");
 			return -EPERM;