diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index f21fdbf5c75df946f7dcf64e1d29e87ff42061b9..7a75e1086961eedb674b8c2bf1bb84e657f4dfa2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 				   EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
 		int meta_bg = EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
 				EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG);
+		sector_t old_gdb = 0;
 
 		update_backups(sb, sbi->s_sbh->b_blocknr, (char *)es,
 			       sizeof(struct ext4_super_block), 0);
@@ -1467,8 +1468,11 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 			struct buffer_head *gdb_bh;
 
 			gdb_bh = sbi->s_group_desc[gdb_num];
+			if (old_gdb == gdb_bh->b_blocknr)
+				continue;
 			update_backups(sb, gdb_bh->b_blocknr, gdb_bh->b_data,
 				       gdb_bh->b_size, meta_bg);
+			old_gdb = gdb_bh->b_blocknr;
 		}
 	}
 exit: