diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 77278e947e94..78fdf3836370 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
 
 	if (reserved_gdb || gdb_off == 0) {
 		if (!EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-					     EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE)){
+					     EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE)
+		    || !le16_to_cpu(es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks)) {
 			ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
 				     "No reserved GDT blocks, can't resize");
 			return -EPERM;