diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index b16ef162344ab382143578d277248c88f2fdc067..6c397a389105a68f75b6c3dbaba9d7bf3e01c5af 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1737,8 +1737,11 @@ static void ubifs_remount_ro(struct ubifs_info *c)
 
 	dbg_save_space_info(c);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < c->jhead_cnt; i++)
-		ubifs_wbuf_sync(&c->jheads[i].wbuf);
+	for (i = 0; i < c->jhead_cnt; i++) {
+		err = ubifs_wbuf_sync(&c->jheads[i].wbuf);
+		if (err)
+			ubifs_ro_mode(c, err);
+	}
 
 	c->mst_node->flags &= ~cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_DIRTY);
 	c->mst_node->flags |= cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_NO_ORPHS);
@@ -1804,8 +1807,11 @@ static void ubifs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 			int err;
 
 			/* Synchronize write-buffers */
-			for (i = 0; i < c->jhead_cnt; i++)
-				ubifs_wbuf_sync(&c->jheads[i].wbuf);
+			for (i = 0; i < c->jhead_cnt; i++) {
+				err = ubifs_wbuf_sync(&c->jheads[i].wbuf);
+				if (err)
+					ubifs_ro_mode(c, err);
+			}
 
 			/*
 			 * We are being cleanly unmounted which means the