diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 1be78b4b4de956f7bb9e831a7f3e1c1c489b997b..6104ad3105077ec7a14e5da4f24a261d116035a0 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
 	if (input->group != EXT3_SB(sb)->s_groups_count) {
 		ext3_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
 			     "multiple resizers run on filesystem!\n");
+		err = -EBUSY;
 		goto exit_journal;
 	}