diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index c5ffa852396802d2f58cfae2474f500c4aeb002f..8aac5334680d18603b987cd1afb759d1b59cf574 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			goto exit_bh;
 		}
 		lock_buffer(bh);
-		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i], bh->b_size);
+		memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, bh->b_size);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(gdb);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);