diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index e9777f93cf05a2e9c9776c9a57fa2798b14ab703..3356ab5395f469c0db1eaa8da1cb79ed58277e93 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4959,7 +4959,12 @@ int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 	if (val)
 		ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA);
 	else {
-		jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
+		err = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
+			ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
+			return err;
+		}
 		ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_JOURNAL_DATA);
 	}
 	ext4_set_aops(inode);