diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index ece00cc4be..d5dde3499c 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1075,6 +1075,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.12.0 release
 ===================================
     Library
     -------
+    - Fixed a metadata cache bug when resizing a pinned/protected cache entry
+
+      When resizing a pinned/protected cache entry, the metadata
+      cache code previously would wait until after resizing the
+      entry to attempt to log the newly-dirtied entry. This would
+      cause H5C_resize_entry to mark the entry as dirty and make
+      H5AC_resize_entry think that it doesn't need to add the
+      newly-dirtied entry to the dirty entries skiplist.
+    
+      Thus, a subsequent H5AC__log_moved_entry would think it
+      needs to allocate a new entry for insertion into the dirty
+      entry skip list, since the entry doesn't exist on that list.
+      This causes an assertion failure, as the code to allocate a
+      new entry assumes that the entry is not dirty.
+
+      (JTH - 2022/01/12)
+
     - Fixed an H5Pget_filter_by_id1/2() assert w/ out of range filter IDs
 
       Both H5Pget_filter_by_id1 and 2 did not range check the filter ID, which
diff --git a/src/H5AC.c b/src/H5AC.c
index 47d3a6541b..7272c012d6 100644
--- a/src/H5AC.c
+++ b/src/H5AC.c
@@ -1440,10 +1440,6 @@ H5AC_resize_entry(void *thing, size_t new_size)
     cache_ptr = entry_ptr->cache_ptr;
     HDassert(cache_ptr);
 
-    /* Resize the entry */
-    if (H5C_resize_entry(thing, new_size) < 0)
-        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_CACHE, H5E_CANTRESIZE, FAIL, "can't resize entry")
-
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
     {
         H5AC_aux_t *aux_ptr;
@@ -1455,6 +1451,10 @@ H5AC_resize_entry(void *thing, size_t new_size)
     }
 #endif /* H5_HAVE_PARALLEL */
 
+    /* Resize the entry */
+    if (H5C_resize_entry(thing, new_size) < 0)
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_CACHE, H5E_CANTRESIZE, FAIL, "can't resize entry")
+
 done:
     /* If currently logging, generate a message */
     if (cache_ptr != NULL && cache_ptr->log_info != NULL)