diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 771f7ada15d9a9b516fd0782f8ab3ee793cba48d..44de1453c30158e5bc742d2cfc54cf56d5ec0724 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			brelse(gdb);
 			goto exit_bh;
 		}
-		lock_buffer(bh);
-		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, bh->b_size);
+		lock_buffer(gdb);
+		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, gdb->b_size);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(gdb);
-		unlock_buffer(bh);
+		unlock_buffer(gdb);
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);
 		ext3_set_bit(bit, bh->b_data);
 		brelse(gdb);