Free Inodes and Free Blocks Incorrect After Online resize2fs on ext3 Filesystem

Issue

• After an online resize of an ext3 filesystem, fsck reports that the free blocks and free inode values are incorrect.

# lvextend -L +1G /dev/vg01/lv_root
  Extending logical volume lv_root to 28.00 GB
  Logical volume lv_root successfully resized
# tune2fs -l /dev/vg01/lv_root  | grep Free
Free blocks:              2826568
Free inodes:              6994151
# resize2fs /dev/vg01/lv_root
resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem at /dev/vg01/lv_root is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
Performing an on-line resize of /dev/vg01/lv_root to 7340032 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/vg01/lv_root is now 7340032 blocks long.
# tune2fs -l /dev/vg01/lv_root  | grep Free
Free blocks:              2826568
Free inodes:              6994151
# df -i /dev/vg01/lv_root
Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
-                     505466     369  505097    1% /