diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index 9a125dcb0aeb..1f4ab3eae07e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ mountFS() {
         *x-nixos.autoresize*)
             if [ "$fsType" = ext2 -o "$fsType" = ext3 -o "$fsType" = ext4 ]; then
                 echo "resizing $device..."
+                e2fsck -fp "$device"
                 resize2fs "$device"
             fi
             ;;