diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ee0f30852835c397227ec5546432b3e246ad3fb4..a1cf7d68b4f068ed48859115ced0c3c3094d0454 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4904,7 +4904,7 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	if (sync)
 		lock_buffer(sbh);
-	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh) || !buffer_uptodate(sbh)) {
 		/*
 		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
 		 * superblock failed.  This could happen because the