diff --git a/fsck/main.c b/fsck/main.c
index c9411eb1..e21d60be 100644
--- a/fsck/main.c
+++ b/fsck/main.c
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto out_err;
 		break;
 	case RESIZE:
-		if (do_resize(sbi))
+                ret = do_resize(sbi);
+		if (ret)
 			goto out_err;
 		break;
 	case SLOAD: