resize2fs errors out with 'Could not allocate block in ext2 filesystem while trying to resize.' when resizing a filesystem to a size greater than 2TB.

Issue

• When issuing a resize2fs on a mounted filesystem, resize2fs fails to complete the resize with the following error:

# resize2fs /dev/<device>
resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Please run 'e2fsck -f /dev/<device>' first.

• After issuing a filesystem check on the device as requested by resize2fs and attempting to resize the filesystem while unmounted the following error occurs:

# resize2fs /dev/<device>
resize2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/<device> to 2593116160 (1k) blocks.
resize2fs: Could not allocate block in ext2 filesystem while trying to resize /dev/<device>