diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index b6ec1843a015d2f1d243d74a0818a5d31f06d536..d448eb1d9baed7bae0b1040d83b1d81c4a4a54c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ int ext4_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_new_group_data *input)
 	ext4_inode_table_set(sb, gdp, input->inode_table); /* LV FIXME */
 	gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(input->free_blocks_count);
 	gdp->bg_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le16(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
+	gdp->bg_flags |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED);
 	gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, input->group, gdp);
 
 	/*