diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index e76270ee7fe5dc..f2ed15af703a80 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -231,10 +231,17 @@ struct ext4_new_flex_group_data {
 						   in the flex group */
 	__u16 *bg_flags;			/* block group flags of groups
 						   in @groups */
+	ext4_group_t resize_bg;			/* number of allocated
+						   new_group_data */
 	ext4_group_t count;			/* number of groups in @groups
 						 */
 };
 
+/*
+ * Avoiding memory allocation failures due to too many groups added each time.
+ */
+#define MAX_RESIZE_BG				16384
+
 /*
  * alloc_flex_gd() allocates a ext4_new_flex_group_data with size of
  * @flexbg_size.
@@ -249,14 +256,18 @@ static struct ext4_new_flex_group_data *alloc_flex_gd(unsigned int flexbg_size)
 	if (flex_gd == NULL)
 		goto out3;
 
-	flex_gd->count = flexbg_size;
-	flex_gd->groups = kmalloc_array(flexbg_size,
+	if (unlikely(flexbg_size > MAX_RESIZE_BG))
+		flex_gd->resize_bg = MAX_RESIZE_BG;
+	else
+		flex_gd->resize_bg = flexbg_size;
+
+	flex_gd->groups = kmalloc_array(flex_gd->resize_bg,
 					sizeof(struct ext4_new_group_data),
 					GFP_NOFS);
 	if (flex_gd->groups == NULL)
 		goto out2;
 
-	flex_gd->bg_flags = kmalloc_array(flexbg_size, sizeof(__u16),
+	flex_gd->bg_flags = kmalloc_array(flex_gd->resize_bg, sizeof(__u16),
 					  GFP_NOFS);
 	if (flex_gd->bg_flags == NULL)
 		goto out1;
@@ -1620,8 +1631,7 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 
 static int ext4_setup_next_flex_gd(struct super_block *sb,
 				    struct ext4_new_flex_group_data *flex_gd,
-				    ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count,
-				    unsigned int flexbg_size)
+				    ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
@@ -1645,7 +1655,7 @@ static int ext4_setup_next_flex_gd(struct super_block *sb,
 	BUG_ON(last);
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, n_blocks_count - 1, &n_group, &last);
 
-	last_group = group | (flexbg_size - 1);
+	last_group = group | (flex_gd->resize_bg - 1);
 	if (last_group > n_group)
 		last_group = n_group;
 
@@ -2150,8 +2160,7 @@ int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count)
 	/* Add flex groups. Note that a regular group is a
 	 * flex group with 1 group.
 	 */
-	while (ext4_setup_next_flex_gd(sb, flex_gd, n_blocks_count,
-					      flexbg_size)) {
+	while (ext4_setup_next_flex_gd(sb, flex_gd, n_blocks_count)) {
 		if (time_is_before_jiffies(last_update_time + HZ * 10)) {
 			if (last_update_time)
 				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO,