diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ac7e7396be5a08cec33e47f7e2b7f9c2b5bd67de..d87a435adc46c15a470b9bc994164bc3ae31fa85 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 	invalidate_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (sbi->s_journal_bdev && sbi->s_journal_bdev != sb->s_bdev) {
+	if (sbi->s_journal_bdev) {
 		sync_blockdev(sbi->s_journal_bdev);
 		ext4_blkdev_remove(sbi);
 	}