diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index a2a407039227..9f9ba8bd0213 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 				 nb - mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks);
 	if (id.nfree)
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_FDBLOCKS, id.nfree);
+
+	/*
+	 * Sync sb counters now to reflect the updated values. This is
+	 * particularly important for shrink because the write verifier
+	 * will fail if sb_fdblocks is ever larger than sb_dblocks.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
+		xfs_log_sb(tp);
+
 	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 	if (error)