diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index e81e052dcb7502bef54c6622ca15639d86dd49f2..68ad7113ac3922e8c8d2dfc7bc7d329402c4421f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_growdata,
 			XFS_GROWFS_SPACE_RES(mp), 0, XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto destroy_perag;
 
 	/*
 	 * Write new AG headers to disk. Non-transactional, but need to be
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 
 out_trans_cancel:
 	xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
+destroy_perag:
+	if (nagcount > oagcount)
+		xfs_destroy_perag(mp, oagcount, nagcount);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index a4bdf24a070c38f3c7c7e985cecd43a837073d90..21547ff97b5a6782fae4c06f1b2fdec74acf2748 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ extern void	xfs_uuid_table_free(void);
 extern int	xfs_log_sbcount(xfs_mount_t *);
 extern uint64_t xfs_default_resblks(xfs_mount_t *mp);
 extern int	xfs_mountfs(xfs_mount_t *mp);
+extern void	xfs_destroy_perag(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agstart,
+				xfs_agnumber_t agend);
 extern int	xfs_initialize_perag(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agcount,
 				     xfs_agnumber_t *maxagi);
 extern void	xfs_unmountfs(xfs_mount_t *);