handle_t *handle;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
-       struct ext4_inode_info *ei = 0;
+       struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
        ext4_fsblk_t nr;
        int i, ret, err = 0;
        int credits = 1;
 
        ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "Converting file system to meta_bg");
-       if (EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE)) {
+       if (inode) {
                if (es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks) {
                        ext4_error(sb, "Unexpected non-zero "
                                   "s_reserved_gdt_blocks");
                        return -EPERM;
                }
-               if (!inode) {
-                       ext4_error(sb, "Unexpected NULL resize_inode");
-                       return -EPERM;
-               }
-               ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
                /* Do a quick sanity check of the resize inode */
                if (inode->i_blocks != 1 << (inode->i_blkbits - 9))
        int err = 0, flexbg_size = 1 << sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
        int meta_bg;
 
+       /* See if the device is actually as big as what was requested */
+       bh = sb_bread(sb, n_blocks_count - 1);
+       if (!bh) {
+               ext4_warning(sb, "can't read last block, resize aborted");
+               return -ENOSPC;
+       }
+       brelse(bh);
+
 retry:
        o_blocks_count = ext4_blocks_count(es);
 
-       if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
-               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG, "resizing filesystem from %llu "
-                      "to %llu blocks", o_blocks_count, n_blocks_count);
+       ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "resizing filesystem from %llu "
+                "to %llu blocks", o_blocks_count, n_blocks_count);
 
        if (n_blocks_count < o_blocks_count) {
                /* On-line shrinking not supported */
                }
        }
 
-       if ((!resize_inode && !meta_bg) || n_group == o_group) {
+       if ((!resize_inode && !meta_bg) || n_blocks_count == o_blocks_count) {
                err = ext4_convert_meta_bg(sb, resize_inode);
                if (err)
                        goto out;
                }
        }
 
-       /* See if the device is actually as big as what was requested */
-       bh = sb_bread(sb, n_blocks_count - 1);
-       if (!bh) {
-               ext4_warning(sb, "can't read last block, resize aborted");
-               return -ENOSPC;
-       }
-       brelse(bh);
-
        /* extend the last group */
        if (n_group == o_group)
                add = n_blocks_count - o_blocks_count;
                free_flex_gd(flex_gd);
        if (resize_inode != NULL)
                iput(resize_inode);
-       if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
-               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG, "resized filesystem to %llu",
-                        n_blocks_count);
+       ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "resized filesystem to %llu", n_blocks_count);
        return err;
 }